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Cosmos
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Cosmos.
Video playlists about Cosmos
Talks about Cosmos
13:32
Karin Öberg
The galactic recipe for a living planet
Posted
Apr 2020
15:34
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Your body was forged in the spectacular death of stars
Posted
Dec 2019
13:28
Kelsey Johnson
The problem of light pollution — and 5 ridiculously easy ways to fix it
Posted
Dec 2019
13:52
Mike Brown
The search for our solar system's ninth planet
Posted
Nov 2019
15:10
David Deutsch
After billions of years of monotony, the universe is waking up
Posted
Oct 2019
14:13
Juna Kollmeier
The most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made
Posted
Jun 2019
13:15
Alexander MacDonald
How centuries of sci-fi sparked spaceflight
Posted
Apr 2019
13:18
Stephen Webb
Where are all the aliens?
Posted
Jul 2018
21:30
Gwynne Shotwell
SpaceX's plan to fly you across the globe in 30 minutes
Posted
Apr 2018
13:42
Dave Brain
What a planet needs to sustain life
Posted
Aug 2016
10:58
Allan Adams
What the discovery of gravitational waves means
Posted
Feb 2016
15:38
Wendy Freedman
This telescope might show us the beginning of the universe
Posted
Aug 2015
11:48
Alex Wissner-Gross
A new equation for intelligence
Posted
Feb 2014
8:05
John Lloyd
An animated tour of the invisible
Posted
Sep 2012
7:53
Jon Nguyen
Tour the solar system from home
Posted
Jun 2012
18:40
Seth Shostak
ET is (probably) out there — get ready
Posted
Jun 2012
See all 25 talks on Cosmos