Carolyn Porco: Fly me to the moons of Saturn
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http://www.ted.com Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Titan, and on frozen Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invite... Read more
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- -: Carolyn Porco: Fly me to the moons of Saturn
October 12, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Titan, and on frozen Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where...
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- -: Joel Levine: Why we need to go back to Mars
March 25, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxNASA, planetary scientist Joel Levine shows some intriguing -- and puzzling -- new discoveries about Mars: craters full of ice, traces of ancient oceans, and some compelling hints at the presence, at some time in the past, of life. He makes the case for going back to Mar...
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- -: Johan Rockstrom: Let the environment guide our development
August 31, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Human growth has strained the Earth's resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior. His research has found nine "planetary boundaries" that can guide us in protecting our planet's many overlapping ecos...
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- -: How the Moon Affects Life on Earth - Jennifer Heldmann
November 25, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/07/Jennifer_Heldmann_The_Moon NASA scientist Jennifer Heldmann describes how the moon effects living conditions on Earth. ----- Let's talk about the moon. In my opinion it's the best celestial body to observe it's big enough to see in captivating d...
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- -: How the Moon was Formed - Jennifer Heldmann
November 25, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/07/Jennifer_Heldmann_The_Moon NASA scientist Jennifer Heldmann describes the most popular theory of how the Earth's moon was formed. ----- Let's talk about the moon. In my opinion it's the best celestial body to observe - it's big enough to see in cap...
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- -: Searching for Extraterrestrial Life with NASA's Kepler Mission - Alan Boss
March 23, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/13/Alan_Boss_The_Crowded_Universe Astrophysicist Alan Boss discusses Nasa's Kepler Mission and its search for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. He is confident that Kepler will find hundreds of Earth-like planets, many of which will probably be "i...
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- -: Space Telescopes and the Hunt for Habitable Planets
June 24, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/22/Ian_Morison_The_Search_for_Other_Worlds Ian Morison describes new planet-detecting astronomical techniques such as "giant occulting screens" and groups of infrared satellite telescopes. Astronomers plan to use these techniques to detect life-supportin...
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- -: How to Find Earth-Like Planets in Far-Away Solar Systems
October 22, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/01/Bethany_Cobb_In_Galileos_Footsteps Bethany Cobb, a UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow, discusses NASA's Kepler Mission and its search for Earth-like planets in other solar systems. She predicts the mission will soon begin discovering "little rocky planet...
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- -: Saturn Moon Could Hold Clues to Ancient Earth
October 29, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/17/Imke_de_Pater_Fascinating_Objects_in_Our_Solar_System Planetary scientist Imke de Pater likens the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon Titan to that of ancient Earth before life developed and produced oxygen. ----- Imke de Pater is a professor in th...
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- -: Hubble's Legacy: Imaging the Beauty of the Universe
June 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/23/Ian_Morison_Hubbles_Heritage Gresham College astronomy professor Ian Morison presents stunning Hubble Space Telescope images of "the most beautiful objects that we have in our Milky Way and beyond." ----- The lecture considers the legacy of both Edw...
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