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 James Webb Space Telescope. In conversation with science journalist Nadia Drake, Hammel shares how scientists are studying objects that are farther away and older than ever before, searching for answers to how our universe evolved — and what else might be out there.
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teejatron
November 10, 2022 at 12:16 pm
Cool! But we’re calling it the Big Gay Telescope
Yvonne Plant
November 10, 2022 at 2:21 pm
Who is???
teejatron
November 10, 2022 at 3:03 pm
@Yvonne Plant James Webb is responsible for purging NASA of many talented LGBT contributors from the org. You don’t have to call it that. But I sure am going to continue to do so.
Gayatri Chaudhary
November 10, 2022 at 12:24 pm
Incredible video
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November 10, 2022 at 12:26 pm
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November 10, 2022 at 12:34 pm
Women who talk about scientific are so cool !! Is this a sexist remark ? 🙄
But i am very excited to watch this video!
Ted Perez
November 10, 2022 at 12:47 pm
No need to spend billions more… The answers to humanity’s key questions literally begin, intriguingly, within the problem! —cold, hard, unapologetically unbiased & empirically-derived data succinctly referred to as, the initial conditions—more precisely, its finely-tuned values—culminating to the Big Bang or, more correctly, the Beginning.
TLDR: since it is highly unlikely (actually, “absurdly” so, to put it mildly, even flattering) to be from random processes then, logically, it is not and, therefore, by design—deliberate & intelligently intentional design.
Furthermore, postulating multiverses is even more highly & absurdly so unlikely, since the unlikelihood is exponentially compounded to way beyond comprehension!
Just do the math!
Interestingly, prior to science being formalized, the Bible begins with, “in the beginning.” Coincidence?—The fine-tuning suggests intelligent design and, so, intentionally!
R Zambory
November 10, 2022 at 1:01 pm
She sounds like a female Trump. Or what would we have done without her in the picture? When is Ted men coming out?
Destiny Mayberry
November 10, 2022 at 4:08 pm
Your aggravating first off why did you insert politics. Wrong conversation I’m political but your comment is irrelevant. And also Men and Women have many different things that separate them. Intelligence is not one of those.
Christian Soldier
November 10, 2022 at 1:03 pm
All secrets of the universe will be revealed by God in the end.
If you have faith.
Yvonne Plant
November 10, 2022 at 2:25 pm
No humans will be around.
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November 10, 2022 at 1:15 pm
Sounds like bs. Especially for how much US tax cattle pay. New light. I guess u needed a new look. Cant sell the same old bs forever. Gotta change it up.
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Outer Space
November 10, 2022 at 1:17 pm
I love JWST!
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November 10, 2022 at 1:22 pm
An admirable woman
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November 10, 2022 at 1:59 pm
What does this subject matter have to do with a TED Women propaganda campaign?
Laurel Kish
November 10, 2022 at 2:12 pm
As a 1977 high school grad I was told I couldn’t achieve my goal of being a marine biologist “because you’re a girl” by my Mom and my teachers. That lit the same fire in me that fueled Heidi Hammel. Today I am a retired fisheries biologist. Much respect for this woman and her drive, intelligence, and accomplishment. Never listen to the naysayers and keep learning and moving forward✨
Destiny Mayberry
November 10, 2022 at 4:10 pm
Then remove it from the conversation this field is a field where men and women can succeed.
Rohan Poojari
November 10, 2022 at 3:56 pm
More such interviews please! Amazing content <3
Dirx
November 10, 2022 at 4:44 pm
Too many woman on the screen. Its gathering of feminists?
Alparslan Korkmaz
November 10, 2022 at 4:45 pm
Nice interview
TheBuffalo22
November 10, 2022 at 5:28 pm
Sad we will destroy each other before we ever get the answers to the deepest questions.
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November 10, 2022 at 6:59 pm
Amazing women and fascinating insights. What a lovely interview.
Happy Killmore
November 10, 2022 at 10:14 pm
“That’s more of a psychology question. I’m more interested in science.”
1. Psychology is science…
2. It isn’t a psychology question.
3. It’s a physics, chemistry and biology question.
4. Those things are also science…
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November 10, 2022 at 11:24 pm
Passionnant! Merci… One thing I’ve learned not long ago is that the presence of moon(s) around a planet is necessary to stabilize its axis of rotation. Without moon(s) the planet could roll in a random fashion with poles locations changing all the time with dire consequences to any form of life 😮😮😮
Fran Chise
November 11, 2022 at 12:23 pm
Otherwise known as magnetic pull of space objects, which both the moon and the earth are, and the sun.
Thomas
November 11, 2022 at 1:17 am
What are beautiful conversation by inspirational women , I love their thoughts on life
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November 11, 2022 at 1:40 am
m’hmm
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November 11, 2022 at 1:43 am
Haha wow the bias of that chemistry teacher. And boy did Heidi graduate cuz yeh those quotas 😂😉😉😉
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Robert Quigley
November 11, 2022 at 2:02 am
Thanks for your dedication and work! Stayed home from school to watch Alan Shepard launch. Since then NASA has been America’s greatest gift to people all around the world.
Nick Voutsas
November 11, 2022 at 2:07 am
What fascinates me is how much we know from observing the frequencies of light from stars.
I wonder what happens to light which is no longer observable, did it perhaps take another form ?
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November 12, 2022 at 1:55 am
TEDWomen – so simple even a woman could understand it
Shirley Pettit
November 12, 2022 at 3:02 am
As someone who has been lucky enough to have seen several ufo’s, I’m really interested in these exoplanets.
t b
November 14, 2022 at 2:16 am
I can’t get over the amount of money that goes into space exploration while humans on earth live in squalor