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This is followed by wasteland and wilderness (24 to 31 percent), human forests (16 to 27 percent), arable farms (12 to 14 percent), and infrastructure (1 percent).

Lava is similar in composition to magma, but is depleted of volatile components. It consists mainly of molten oxides of silicon, iron, sodium, potassium, calcium, and other metals. 

His image appears on the back of the 2002 New Zealand $50 banknote.

The flight took place on November 12th, 1980. Several photos were taken from a distance of 4,000 km, ...

The number of stars was originally estimated at around 100 million, but recent measurements suggest that this number may be up to four times greater.

A distinctive feature of fungi is the cell walls built of chitin. The fungus cell can be mononuclear ...

Phobos was not the first moon to be discovered by Hall. He discovered its twin, Deimos, on August 12th, 1877.

It moves in an almost circular orbit that is systematically expanding. So unlike Phobos, which will most likely fall to the surface of Mars, Deimos will one day escape into space.

It is located on the inner side of the Orion Arm, one of at least four arms of the galaxy. Their exa ...