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Sunday, 15 February 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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Liver
A healthy liver is essential for the brain to function correctly.
It is thanks to the fact that the liver controls the levels of ammonia and regulates plasma glucose ...
Titan
It can hide life beneath its surface.
While its surface may be barren, it is likely that beneath its icy surface there may be an ocean tha ...
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia is a Greek term meaning denial of appetite, or loss of appetite.
The adjective “nervosa” indicates the functional and unrestricted nature of the disorder.
Fungi
The largest group of fungi are multicellular organisms, but there are also single-cell fungi, such as yeast.
A characteristic feature of fungi is their cell wall made of chitin. A fungal cell may be mononuclea ...
NASA
The first NASA Space Shuttle, Columbia, at the end of its final flight on February 1st, 2003, disintegrated upon reentry, which resulted in the death of all seven members of the crew.
Silver
Silver is also used in the production of electrical and electronic equipment, high-voltage contacts, solder, high-capacity silver-zinc and silver-cadmium batteries, and photovoltaic cells.
Silver is the only catalyst that allows the conversion of ethylene into ethylene oxide, which then undergoes hydrolysis to produce ethylene glycol, used to produce polyester.
Cosmos
The exact size of the universe cannot be estimated.
We can perceive only the visible region of it (one from which light can move faster than the expandi ...
Earth
Throughout its history, Earth has had four different atmospheres.
At first, it was surrounded by a primordial atmosphere, which consisted of the remains of proto-plan ...
Earth
The lithosphere is the outermost covering of the Earth.
It is made of tectonic plates that are constantly moving. Earthquakes may occur in zones where these ...
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 ...