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Friday, 19 June 2026
13 facts about Deimos
13 facts about Deimos
A smaller moon of Mars
Deimos is a smaller and more distant Martian moon. Its diameter is only 12.4 km, although it is difficult to talk about the diameter in the case of su ...

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Fungi
Mushrooms are of great importance in the development of civilization, due to their key role in the production of bread and wine.
Many species of mushrooms are used in food production: bread, alcohol, and cheese. Some of them, suc ...
Milky Way
The disk of dark matter surrounding the Milky Way is about 2 million light-years in diameter.
It interacts with visible matter only gravitationally and remains invisible and undetectable in any other way. It is estimated that 90 percent of the mass of the Milky Way is dark matter.
Graphene
Carbon is capable of creating many allotropes due to its valence.
In nature, it occurs in large quantities in basically only three allotropic varieties: graphite, dia ...
Cosmos
A memento of annihilation–the Chicxulub crater.
It is located on the Yucatan peninsula under the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The crater was formed ...
Phobos
The largest impact crater on the surface of Phobos is called Stickney, its diameter is up to 10 kilometers.
It was named after Asaph Hall’s wife, Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, a mathematician. A collision that formed Stickney crater could have shattered the moon.
Fungi
Fungal reproduction is complex, reflecting differences in lifestyle and genetic makeup.
It is estimated that one-third of all fungi reproduce using more than one propagation method. Most o ...
Anorexia Nervosa
Statistical studies indicate that globally, about 2 million people suffer from anorexia.
The disorder occurs 6 to 12 times more often in women than in men. It is far more common in the Caucasian race, especially during adolescence. It is also more common in homosexuals and bisexuals.
Cosmos
Light from the surface of the Sun to Earth travels about 8 minutes and 10 seconds.
This means that when we look at the Sun in the sky, we see it where it was more than 8 minutes ago.
Enceladus
The average density of Enceladus is 1.61 g/cm3.
Graphene
Nowadays, scientists are interested in a single layer of graphite carbon atoms.
In graphite, each carbon atom is connected to three other atoms and all these bonds lie in one plane ...