Science

Phobos craters are named after astronomers who contributed to the study of the moon, and characters and locations from Jonathan Swift's “Gulliver’s Travels.”

Several of Titan’s mountains are named for mountains from J. R. R. Tolkien literature (i.e. Moria Montes), and colles (collection of hills) are named after Tolkien’s characters (i.e. Arwen).

Ganymede's core is composed of iron, which may be partially liquid and is surrounded by a thick mantle made of silicates.

Although graphene consists of an element that is abundant on Earth, its production costs are high.

After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the construction of the ISS was paused until the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on July 26th, 2005.

The Moon always faces the Earth with the same side.

What distinguishes fungi from animals is the presence of cell walls and vacuoles, which in turn makes them closer to plants.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration agency was established on July 29th, 1958 by president Dwight Eisenhower.

It is not yet known exactly which genes are responsible for the onset of mental anorexia nervosa.

The length of the day on Earth is constantly increasing.