From its life-sustaining energy to its explosive geomagnetic storms, the Sun has many mysteries, says astrophysicist Nour E. Rawafi. He sheds light on NASA’s latest endeavor...
Why have we not yet found proof of alien life? According to astrophysicist Avi Loeb, we simply haven’t dedicated the proper resources. Diving into unidentified phenomena...
We’re still in the dark about what 95 percent of our universe is made of — and the standard model for understanding particle physics has hit...
If Earth is a labrador dog and Venus is a human child, then gas giants like Saturn and Jupiter must also match masses with their own...
With commercial organizations playing a more prominent role in sending humans into space, governments, regulators, and even companies themselves are not quite sure what this heralds...
NASA’s new, free streaming service is coming later this summer, featuring livestreaming of mission launches, original series and more. Read the CNET Article: NASA Plus Streaming...
What are the planets outside our solar system like? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Jessie Christiansen has helped find thousands of them (and counting), and the variety...
From favorite moons to the search for alien life, astronomer Heidi Hammel discusses the latest in astronomy and the breakthrough innovations behind her work with NASA’s...
The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. Subscribe on YouTube: The way Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a theoretical physicist, sees it, Harriet Tubman...
The universe that we know, with its luminous stars and orbiting planets, is largely made up of elements we can’t actually see — like dark energy...