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Monday, 8 December 2025
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's atmosphere consists of many gases, most of which is nitrogen.
Nitrogen makes up about 78.1 percent of the atmosphere, oxygen 20.9 percent, and Argon 0.93 percent. ...
Cosmos
After the first period of rapid expansion, the universe began to cool.
As the temperature dropped, subatomic particles and then atoms separated. The universe was filled wi ...
Nicotine
Nicotine was observed to fight gastrointestinal parasites.
Pygmies are said to be the most addicted to nicotine. In the Aka tribe living in central Africa, alm ...
Fungi
There are fungi that hunt animals.
An example of such a mushroom is the oyster mushroom. If it lacks protein, it hunts for nematodes by ...
Earth
Depending on the classification, there are five to seven continents on Earth.
According to the most common division, there are Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, ...
Brain
Physical activity is equally important for the proper functioning of the brain, as it helps to create new nerve connections.
Medium-intensity aerobic exercise is considered the most effective.
Amber
There was a chamber decorated with six tonnes of amber, known as the Amber Room.
Created for Frederick I of Prussia at the beginning of the 18th century, it was given as a token of ...
Snow
Snow accumulates in areas cold enough to remain there seasonally or all the time.
The main areas prone to snow are the Artic, Antarctica, the northern hemisphere, and alpine regions.
Large Magellanic Cloud
According to research carried out by the Hubble Large Telescope in 2014, it was calculated that the rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud around its axis takes about 250 million years.
Deimos
Unlike Phobos, Deimos rises in the east and sets in the west of the Martian sky.