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Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger explores the thrilling possibility of discovering life beyond Earth, highlighting how cutting-edge technology like the James Webb Space Telescope lets us analyze distant...
It’s not rocket science! Well, actually, it is! Rocket scientists Tiera and Myron Fletcher answer the internet’s burning questions about rocket science, rocket ships and space...
(Followed by an animated excerpt of “My God, It’s Full of Stars,” by Tracy K. Smith) If you love watching TED Talks like this one, become...
“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...
The James Webb Space Telescope is a miracle of modern science and engineering. With a 21-foot, gold-coated mirror protected by a sunshield that’s the size of...
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...
An orbital flight this year, a new rocket built every month and Starship refilling mid-orbit — Elon Musk has updated the world on how SpaceX will...
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft will deliberately crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try and knock it off course. Scientists at NASA and Johns Hopkins...
When it launches in 2022, the GOES-T satellite will keep a 24-hour watch on our planet’s weather, helping us track natural disasters in real time. But...
In this fascinating conversation, cosmologist and TED Fellow Katie Mack delves into everything from the Big Bang theory to what we see at the edge of...
