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Tuesday, 9 December 2025
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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Milky Way
Our galaxy is surrounded by a spherical halo that extends as much as 200.000 light-years from its center.
The halo consists of old stars and globular clusters, and 90 percent of the material it contains is located within a radius of 100.000 light years from the center of the Milky Way.
NASA
After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the construction of the ISS was paused until the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on July 26th, 2005.
Fungi
Most fungi develop as hyphae, which are cylindrical, thread-like structures 2-10 µm in diameter and up to several centimeters long.
The hyphae branch and connect, which leads to the formation of mycelium, which is an interconnected ...
Nicotine
Nicotine may have a therapeutic effect in patients with neurodegenerative brain diseases.
This is because nicotine affects not only acetylcholine but also other neurotransmitters, especially ...
Tears
Basal tears production drops with age.
Especially common for women, it is a result of hormonal changes after menopause.
Ganymede
In the future, the European Space Agency plans to explore the moon during the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) mission.
It was launched on 14 April 2023, and is expected to reach Ganymede in December 2034.
Phobos
Phobos is one of the two natural satellites orbiting Mars.
It is bigger than its companion, Deimos.
Fungi
All fungi are heterotrophic organisms and can only occur in habitats containing organic compounds.
Many species require small amounts of them to survive. They can be saprophytes feeding on dead organic matter, or parasites developing at the expense of other living organisms.
Moon
Up to 14.000 square kilometers of the Moon's surface may remain in perpetual shadow.
Water is most likely to be present in these places.
Cosmos
The final stage – the death of the cosmos as we know it.
There will eventually come a point in the history of the universe when new stars will stop forming. ...