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...
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...
Modern life runs on wireless technology. What if the energy powering our devices could also be transmitted without wires? Electrical engineer Ali Hajimiri explains the principles...
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...
SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle has the potential to explore the solar system in a bold, new — and supersized — way. Planetary scientist Jennifer Heldmann talks...
Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Could we exit our solar system, and enter another? Astrophysicist...
Celestron StarSense Explorer telescopes work with your smartphone and Celestron’s app database to help you easily locate objects like the ISS, Comet Neowise and planetary bodies....
“If the sun is hot how is outer space cold ?” Excellent question, Jacoby Brissett, current quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts. It turns out that outer...