Themes Peering into Space

Peering into Space

To gaze upward and know we're part of a vast system of heavenly bodies -- it is simultaneously humbling and utterly thrilling. TEDTalks collects some amazing thinking on our place in the universe. Carolyn Porco takes us on a thrilling flyby of Saturn and its moons, while Burt Rutan, Bill Stone and George Dyson talk about how we could start putting more humans up into orbit and beyond.

Sir Martin Rees and David Deutsch offer throughtful talks worth savoring, on our physical and metaphysical place in space.

And Steve Jurvetson shares the sheer glee of shooting off rockets into the near cosmos.

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Play_iconElon Musk: The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity ...

Elon Musk: The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity ...

21:04 Posted: Mar 2013

Views: 691,240 | Comments: 258

Play_iconJon Nguyen: Tour the solar system from home

Jon Nguyen: Tour the solar system from home

07:53 Posted: Jun 2012

Views: 325,279 | Comments: 59

Play_iconSeth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there -- get ready

Seth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there -- get ready

18:40 Posted: Jun 2012

Views: 344,067 | Comments: 210

Play_iconBrian Greene: Is our universe the only universe?

Brian Greene: Is our universe the only universe?

21:47 Posted: Apr 2012

Views: 1,269,878 | Comments: 633

Play_botw_iconKirk Sorensen:  Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel

Kirk Sorensen: Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel

10:03 Posted: Jan 2012

Views: 504,828 | Comments: 290

Play_iconPhil Plait: How to defend Earth from asteroids

Phil Plait: How to defend Earth from asteroids

14:16 Posted: Nov 2011

Views: 905,717 | Comments: 128

Play_iconLucianne Walkowicz: Finding planets around other stars

Lucianne Walkowicz: Finding planets around other stars

04:24 Posted: Aug 2011

Views: 533,779 | Comments: 129

Play_iconHonor Harger: A history of the universe in sound

Honor Harger: A history of the universe in sound

11:16 Posted: Jun 2011

Views: 306,995 | Comments: 71

Play_iconSean Carroll: Distant time and the hint of a multiverse

Sean Carroll: Distant time and the hint of a multiverse

15:54 Posted: May 2011

Views: 735,785 | Comments: 268

Play_iconAnil Ananthaswamy: What it takes to do extreme astrophysics

Anil Ananthaswamy: What it takes to do extreme astrophysics

14:08 Posted: Apr 2011

Views: 286,719 | Comments: 67

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