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Sunday, 16 August 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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Graphene
Graphene is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb nanostructure (an intermediate-sized structure between microscopic and molecular structures).
Allotropy is the phenomenon of the existence of different varieties of the same chemical element in ...
Tears
Watery eyes may be a signal of dry eye syndrome.
Dry eye syndrome is caused by insufficient quantity or quality of tears, which prevents the proper lubrication of eyeballs. It causes excessive watering of the eyes, as a response to the irritation.
Moon
The Moon's core consists of a solid part made mainly of iron and a semi-liquid part surrounding it.
The solid core has a diameter of 240 km and the semi-liquid core has a diameter of about 330 km.
Large Magellanic Cloud
The galaxy appears in many films, anime, and computer games.
Nicotine
There is a claim that nicotine is a highly addictive substance.
However, in the world of science, these opinions are very divergent. According to the latest reports ...
Cosmos
A memento of annihilation–the Chicxulub crater.
It is located on the Yucatan peninsula under the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The crater was formed ...
Liver
The liver can regenerate.
If only as much as 25% of the organ remains, it regenerates to the original size within a few weeks. This is why the liver makes a great donation organ.
Enceladus
The closest Cassini flyby over the surface of Enceladus took place in October 2015.
The probe, moving at a speed of 35.000 km/h, examined the composition of the material ejected by the geysers.
Snow
Snow is formed from the finest droplets of over-cooled water in clouds.
These droplets attach themselves to nuclei of crystallization, which can be, for example, dust parti ...
Tears
An excessive amount of tears often called pathological crying or laughing, may be an indication of a brain disease or Alzheimer’s disease.