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Monday, 27 April 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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Aurora
To the naked eye, we see the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis lights as greenish and white. Full colors can only be seen in the photos.
This is because, in low light, the eye registers light with rods that are not color sensitive but respond only to light.
Earth
Throughout its history, Earth has had four different atmospheres.
At first, it was surrounded by a primordial atmosphere, which consisted of the remains of proto-plan ...
Titan
There are three seas on its surface.
The largest–Kraken Mare–has an area of 400,000 square kilometers, Ligeia Mare has an area of 126,000 ...
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.
Ganymede
The surface temperature of the moon is about 110 K.
Graphene
Nowadays, scientists are interested in a single layer of graphite carbon atoms.
In graphite, each carbon atom is connected to three other atoms and all these bonds lie in one plane ...
Cosmos
The basic and most widely accepted theory of the origin of the universe is the Big Bang theory.
This theory assumes that the universe began at a single point the size of a pinhead, which, as a res ...
NASA
The Apollo program launched 11 crew missions between 1968 and 1972.
Out of 11, four were test flights, six ended up delivering men to the Moon, and one had failed to accomplish its goal.
Titan
Its surface is highly geologically diverse.
It is covered in lighter and darker areas: seas, lakes, bays, islands, rivers, canals, mountain ridges, valleys, fjords, and dunes.
Amber
The largest deposit of amber comes from the Baltic Sea region.
The Baltic amber is the highest quality.