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Monday, 12 January 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Enceladus
The results of the study of data provided by the Cosmic Dust Analyzer spectrometer on board the Cassini spacecraft showed that among the material fired by Enceladus' geysers, there are organic compounds that create amino acids.
Earth
The length of the day on Earth is constantly increasing.
In the first million years of the Earth's existence, the day lasted only four hours. From the very b ...
Anorexia Nervosa
Environmental factors have a large impact on the onset of anorexia.
The widespread cult of beauty and a slim figure - the promotion of skinny models, excessive physical ...
Ganymede
Ganymede's tectonic activity may have occurred in the past, but it does not occur at present.
Earth
Depending on the classification, there are five to seven continents on Earth.
According to the most common division, there are Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa, ...
Aurora
The greatest intensity of auroras occurs at maximum solar activity - this happens every eleven years.
Then you can observe auroras also in Europe.
Silver
Silver has been used in photographic technology.
It is used there to obtain silver halides (primarily silver bromide) used as photosensitive substances.
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.
Titan
The atmospheric pressure at the surface is 146.7 kPa (1.5 bars), which makes it 45% higher than on Earth.
Titan’s atmosphere is made of 98.4% nitrogen, 1.4% methane, and 0.2% hydrogen, and extends up to 975 ...
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.