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What does it feel like to see Earth from outer space and imagine humanity’s next steps? Astronaut Chris Hadfield, who has flown two Space Shuttle missions...
Cutting-edge ROVs and uncrewed ocean-mapping drones helped to find and identify the long lost wreck of the WW2-era Japanese Destroyer Teruzuki, rewriting history in the process....
“Being on a voyage forces you to unplug,” says TED Fellow and third-generation captain Lehua Kamalu. Sharing ancient knowledge from traditional Hawaiian ocean voyaging, she reflects...
“Life makes our planet an incredibly exotic place compared to the rest of the known universe,” says astrobiologist Betül Kaçar, whose research uses statistics and mathematical...
What if robots could build and optimize themselves — with little to no help from humans? Computer scientist Emma Hart is working on a new technology...
The Endurance was lost more than a century ago, after getting stuck in Antarctic ice. Now, it’s been found in remarkable condition. Subscribe to CNET: Like...
Memory foam, air purifiers, scratch-resistant lenses: these are just a few of the everyday items originally developed for space missions. Aerospace engineer Eric Hinterman invites us...
First it was the Ingenuity helicopter taking flight, now NASA has created the first oxygen on Mars, generating enough to sustain a Martian astronaut for 10...
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. How does an astronaut prepare physically and mentally to launch...
Six separate cameras capturing full-color video and a microphone recording the sounds of Mars — this is how the Perseverance landing went down.
