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Friday, 26 June 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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Fungi
The largest group of fungi are multicellular organisms, but there are also single-cell fungi, such as yeast.
A characteristic feature of fungi is their cell wall made of chitin. A fungal cell may be mononuclea ...
Earth
The first man to leave his home planet was Yuri Gagarin.
A two-hour flight by a Soviet astronaut outside the Earth's atmosphere took place in 1961.
Phobos
Phobos’ orbit decreases by about 1,8 meters every 100 years.
In about 50 million years, the moon could be torn apart by Mars’ tidal forces or fall to its surface.
Fungi
A species of fungus capable of breaking down and digesting polyurethane has been discovered in the Amazon.
It is called Pestalotiopsis microspora. Its polyurethane degradation activity was discovered only in ...
Deimos
Deimos is suspected to be a stray asteroid that was directed towards Mars by Jupiter's gravitational field.
Graphene
Polish science contributed to the discovery and revolutionization of graphene production methods.
The key date is 2011 when the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology together with the Faculty ...
Nicotine
Until the end of the 20th century, it was believed that nicotine did not lead to the development of cancer.
But already in the first decade of the 21st century, this view was questioned and a debate began among scientists about its carcinogenic properties.
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 ...
Snow
In 2008, there was a violent snowstorm in Afghanistan.
Temperatures there dropped to – 30 degrees Celsius, and up to 180 centimeters of snow fell in most o ...
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.