Peering Deeper Into Space

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The past few years have ushered in an explosion of new discoveries about our universe. This hour, TED speakers explore the implications of these advances — and the lingering mysteries of the cosmos. Guests include theoretical physicist Allan Adams, planetary scientist Sara Seager, and astrophysicists Natasha Hurley-Walker and Jedidah Isler.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here. So on today's show, we're diving even deeper into the universe.
0:05.5	It's mysteries and it's vastness to revisit what we thought we knew about space.
0:11.2	This episode first aired in February of 2018, but this time around, we've gone back to one of our
0:16.7	speakers to get an update on the biggest astronomy story of the year. Because since we last spoke,
0:23.4	scientists made history by capturing the very first image of a black hole, confirming what
0:29.8	Einstein predicted over 100 years ago. This episode is called What else? Peering deeper into space.
0:37.7	Enjoy. This is the Ted Radio Hour. Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:47.7	Ted Talks. Ted. Ted. Technology. Entertainment. Design.
0:51.6	Design. Is that really what's 10 for just a minute? I've never known the delivered at Ted
0:55.5	conferences around the world. It's the gift of the human imagination. We've had to believe in
0:59.7	impossible things. The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond. Those talks, those ideas
1:08.0	adapted for radio. From NPR. I'm Guy Ross. So you ready to hear it? Yeah, sure.
1:19.7	Five years ago, when my oldest son was three, he made a brief appearance on this show looking
1:25.5	at the stars through our telescope. It was an episode we called Peering into space.
1:30.8	And recently, I played it back for him. Now I want to see...
1:38.1	I see a red dot. Where? Where's the red dot? There's one star there. Oh yeah.
1:43.4	Another star there. One, two, three. On that episode, we explored what it is about space that
1:51.5	ignites our curiosity. What's your favorite star? Um... Polaris and Furious.
2:01.2	I'm a sure star. Maybe he's his own polar bear.
2:07.6	Whatever happened to that telescope, by the way? I think I got hit the legs broke.
2:13.0	Do you mean the tripod? Yeah. I've got smashed in the closet.
2:20.3	Well, Molly threw it away, I think. I saw it secretly throwing it away.
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