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Saturday, 30 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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Silver
Silver has the lowest contact resistance among all metals.
Nicotine
Nicotine is also used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The therapy uses patches containing nicotine, which is perfectly absorbed through the skin. Just 45 ...
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, ...
Earth
The largest part of the Earth's land is used for animal breeding (30 to 47 percent).
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).
Large Magellanic Cloud
It contains approximately 60 globular clusters, 700 open clusters, and 400 planetary nebulae.
NASA
NASA officially opened on October 1st, 1958.
Phobos
The distance of Phobos from the surface of Mars is only 2.76 times the radius of the planet.
Cosmos
Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.
This gas giant is made up of 90 percent hydrogen and about 10 helium. The diameter of Jupiter is 139 ...
Mushrooms
All fungi are foreign organisms, they can only occur in habitats containing organic compounds.
Many species for their lives require a small amount of them. They can be saprophytes feeding on dead organic matter, or parasites developing at the expense of other, living organisms.
NASA
Apollo 13 launched on April 11th, 1970, and was forced to cancel the landing on the lunar surface (precisely on the Fra Mauro site), because of the explosion of an oxygen tank.
Fortunately, the lunar module served as a lifeboat and returned the crew safely back to Earth.