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Wednesday, 18 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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Titan
The first probe near Titan was Voyager 1.
The flight took place on November 12th, 1980. Several photos were taken from a distance of 4,000 km, ...
Phobos
Phobos was discovered by Asaph Hall on August 18th, 1877, through a telescope at the United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
Phobos was not the first moon to be discovered by Hall. He discovered its twin, Deimos, on August 12th, 1877.
Amber
Heated amber emits a pine-tree fragrance.
Milky Way
In addition to the stellar halo, our galaxy is also surrounded by a halo made of hot gas, which is much more extensive than the stellar halo.
Its temperature is from 1 million to 2.5 million degrees Celsius and it extends for hundreds of thou ...
Brain
It consists of 75% water.
This is primarily why proper hydration of the body is so important - dehydration disrupts the brain’s work.
Aurora
In the language of the Sámi people (the native inhabitants of Lapland), the name of the aurora "guovssahasah" means "the sun shining in the sky in the morning or evening".
The Sámi people claimed that creating a song about the aurora borealis is dangerous and threatens to draw polar light on themselves, which bode inevitable death.
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
It is also the first planet from the sun to have a natural satellite.
Enceladus
Enceladus' atmosphere consists of water vapor (91%), nitrogen (4%), carbon dioxide (3.2%) and methane (1.7%).
Brain
The brain develops and matures until around the age of 25.
During the first year of life, an infant's brain enlarges threefold.
Brain
Thanks to the word patterns stored in memory, a person is able to read the text in which the letters have been mixed.
It is enough for the first and last letters of a word to be in the correct place.