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Wednesday, 8 July 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 ...
Ganymede
In the future, the European Space Agency plans to explore the moon during the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) mission.
It was launched on 14 April 2023, and is expected to reach Ganymede in December 2034.
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 ...
Aurora
In Finnish, the aurora is referred to as "revontulet, " which means "fox fire".
The name comes from the legend of an arctic fox that ran north, spreading its tail sparks of fire shining in the moonlight.
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.
NASA
In July 1975, NASA launched a joint mission with the Soviet Union, called the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
The mission was a symbol of détente during the Cold War. Moreover, it was the last crewed U.S. spaceflight in a space capsule until 2020.
Amber
A trade route between the North Sea, the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, was called an Amber Road.
It was established to transport amber between Northern and Southern Europe.
Silver
Silver occurs in nature in its native form (a rare mineral consisting mainly of metallic silver), along with sulfur, arsenic, antimony and chlorine.
It is also found in the ores: argentite (a rare mineral from the sulfide group), chlorargyrite (a ve ...
Titan
In June 2027, NASA plans to send a Dragonfly mission to Titan.
It is to reach the surface of the moon in 2036 and, among other things, analyze the organic compound ...
Snow
On average, snowflakes are about five millimeters in diameter and weigh about four milligrams.
As temperatures rise, snowflakes become larger as the crystals thaw and then stick together to form ...