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Wednesday, 14 January 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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Cosmos
There are about 200 trillion galaxies in the universe.
Each has a different composition and size. The largest galaxies can span up to 2 million light years.
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia is a Greek term meaning denial of appetite, or loss of appetite.
The adjective “nervosa” indicates the functional and unrestricted nature of the disorder.
Moon
There are many theories about the formation of the Moon, but the most probable is that in the early days of the Solar System, the proto-Earth collided with a celestial body the size of Mars, and this impact generated enough energy to throw enough material into Earth's orbit to form the Moon.
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 ...
Fungi
Fungi, next to animals (Animalia) and plants (Plantae), form a separate, large kingdom of eukaryotic living organisms.
They occur in all climatic zones, mainly on land, but also in water, both salty and fresh.The actual ...
Brain
The brain generates up to 80,000 thoughts a day.
That's over 3,000 thoughts per hour.
Moon
The Moon always faces the Earth with the same side.
This is because our natural satellite is in synchronous rotation with the Earth. A long time ago, th ...
Phobos
Phobos rises on the western side of the Martian sky and traverses it for 4 hours and 15 minutes before setting in the east.
Brain
Even though it accounts for only 2% of body weight, it uses about 20% of the energy produced by the body.
Phobos
It’s named after a Greek deity.
Phobos was a son of Ares, a god of war. Ares is a counterpart of Mars from Roman mythology.