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Monday, 18 May 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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Earth
The Earth, like all planets in space, is doomed to destruction.
Life on the surface of our planet has been wiped out many times by great cataclysms called great ext ...
Moon
The Moon's atmosphere consists of 25 percent helium, 25 percent neon, 23percent hydrogen, 20 percent argon and residual amounts of methane, ammonia and carbon dioxide.
Ganymede
The surface temperature of the moon is about 110 K.
NASA
It is estimated that NASA has sent over 2000 animals into space.
Apart from "Ham the Astrochimp," the agency sent insects, rats, pigs, jellyfish, spiders, and rabbits.
NASA
In 1998, NASA, in collaboration with Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), CSA (Canada), and JAXA (Japan), launched the first component of the International Space Station (ISS).
The ISS program evolved from the 1980s Space Station Freedom program. The first long-term residents ...
Graphene
Graphene has unique “heating” properties.
This property is used in an innovative method of pain treatment (local heating of tissues to a tempe ...
Graphene
Although graphene consists of an element that is abundant on Earth, its production costs are high.
This is a major obstacle to graphene finding mass application in many fields. For now, only small amounts are produced.
Phobos
Phobos is one of the two natural satellites orbiting Mars.
It is bigger than its companion, Deimos.
Liver
The 10% of the liver is fat.
Exceeding that amount, which is called a fatty liver, may lead to type 2 diabetes, in consequence.
NASA
NASA logo is nicknamed the “meatball.”
It was designed by James Modarelli in 1959.