M. Özgür Nevres, Author at Our Planet

The Year 2021 in Science Fiction

Here’s how science fiction novels and movies imagined the year 2021. Science fiction vs reality: what actually happened?

NASA’s Payload Classifications

Here’s a quick guide to NASA’s payload classification: what is a payload, how NASA classifies them, and what are payload project categorizations.

Top 10 Isaac Asimov Quotes on Science

Here are the top 10 Isaac Asimov quotes on science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books (mostly science fiction and popular science).

Orbital Altitudes of Many Significant Satellites of Earth

Here are the orbital altitudes of many significant satellites (both artificial and natural – the latter only being Moon) of Earth.

8 Physical Effects that Nature Has on Your Body’s Wellbeing

Tired? Stressed? Down with another dose of the cold or piling on the pounds because the idea of hitting the gym’s about as appealing as a hearty kick in the heinie? Before you go ransacking the shelves of your local CVS or signing yourself up for the latest faddish diet to befall your Instagram feed, […]

50th anniversary of Lunokhod 1

November 10, 2020, marks the 50 anniversary of the launch of the uncrewed Luna-17 spacecraft (see notes 1), which delivered Lunokhod 1 to the lunar surface – the world’s first automatic self-propelled laboratory, fully controlled from Earth. With Lunokhod 1’s landing on the Moon, a new stage has begun in the exploration of the Earth’s […]

Planet Earth is Pissed (video)

Planet Earth is Pissed (Foil Arms and Hog

Foil Arms and Hog, the Irish sketch comedy group previously published a video titled “Awkward Interview with Planet Earth“, addressing global warming and environmental issues in the group’s unique and funny style. Now, they published the second video of the Earth interview series: “Planet Earth is Pissed”.

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