A rare galaxy that's challenging our understanding of the universe | Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil

What's it like to discover a galaxy -- and have it named after you? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil lets us know in this quick talk about her team's surprising discovery of a mysterious new galaxy type.
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[@LeighDWYC]

Her enthusiasm and passion makes me smile inside. I bet she’s a lovely person to talk to

[@tonyrandall3146]

if it was a white guy, would you be saying this?

[@kozjevime1]

12345567890 must be instantly forbidden as those are arabik numbers same as decimal system.

[@arzuozkan5958]

she is so happy like a child who find a balloon

[@kboeda]

"Oh, you have a street named after you? That's cute, I have a whole galaxy named after me!"

[@aarogyasetu4586]

@Saya Zedd not every galaxy has got a name 👀😗...

[@mjzudba801]

@@aarogyasetu4586 true. we are curious and still discovering stuff we don't know about...

[@stevefromsaskatoon830]

What about Sesame Street

[@Muja255]

Why instead of listening her you just replied with such an ignorance. What we all think, this globe is only of UK or US or Russia? So let me aknowledge all of you, this globe has so many scientists that were rejected or even copied and the same just heard or watched their foundation that was stolen or copied.

[@Muja255]

Short and clear. You are unknown genius and I just copy what you see and say and then I rush to TV to make an announcement. Look who I am.

[@nassimhaiouani3772]

she discovred a freaking rare galaxy and named it with her name and hater are here butt hurted trying to insult her what an amazing life u haters have :)

[@dexterdiamond57]

Practically, it was of course her who discovered it. But the team gave the name to the galaxy. Not her. I read about her.

[@5tonyvvvv]

the science points to an uncaused agent ..not trillions and trillions of unobservable untestable universes ..that's Faith as well

[@denizayse8559]

This is one of the best ted talks ever among young scientists. You succeeded and put your mark on the world of the science. Turkey is proud of you. Turkish people are proud of you ^_^

[@tamara_abran]

Same with us Arabs, especially us Palestinians, the whole world and Allah as well.

[@uyskutzu]

Love from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Muslims have contributed so much to now days technology

[@JLee14]

You can tell how passionate and happy she is talking about this. Great talk!

[@mhtinla]

Perhaps she believes this is what she'll get in the afterlife for being a good Muslim.

[@2darker]

I can see her face, so yes :)

[@sourcedrop7624]

Can you inagine how passionate and happy she'd be if a high-control religion wasnt looking over her shoulder, ready to shame her and cast her out the moment that hijab comes off? She's a shadow of what she could be.

[@mhtinla]

Sourcedrop That's why she looks at the sky... It's her escape.

[@mikaylamacallister4902]

Science, Facts over Fiction trumps religion. She is a brilliant geek, but that seems dichotomous with her religion. A religion of chaos of slavery, that claims to ignorance. How can that be reconciled with this beautiful woman who seems to be a part of that?

[@Octobris]

Imagine having a type of a freakin' galaxy named after you. Incredible.

[@rawr333r]

Well she named it herself.

[@regalfork3442]

It's not such a big deal nobody is ever gonna visit it and by the time humans do stronger alien life might be there to so that name is completely and utterly irrelevant.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

easy just rename yourself to Milkyway .....or Andromeda

[@LufthansaDAIGO]

Elton Metaj What if we declare war on aliens 👽 ??? We should swipe them off the map and take their space cash to get rich!!💰 💵 💷

[@Mr.FastZombie]

Elton you're missing the point. It doesn't matter that it is very unlikely that humanity will ever visit it, people will learn about it regardless. This isn't just another galaxy, it's one of the rarest forms humanity has found so far.

[@shivamindore3470]

the moment i saw the video .. i was damn sure about the nature of comments

[@mohisinas4286]

Even dislikes i was shocked. But i know how easy it is for people.

[@DomanicGamingYT]

Me too, just by seeing the thumbnail

[@Akhilesh_bhatt]

To all people who are commenting on her relgion and her choice or attire when you have a galaxy type named after you then talk otherwise keep your ego to yourself

[@kozjevime1]

12345567890 must be instantly forbidden as those are arabik numbers same as decimal system.

[@Musketeer009]

@@kozjevime1 Actually (said in a nerdy voice) 0123456789 are Hindi numbers. Latin and Hindi numbers more closeley resemble each other than latin and Arabic numbers do.

[@redriver6541]

Well....if you believe the "guy" who created all the stuff you're studying out there with a telescope.....revealed himself to a pedophile warlord in the desert....and it's ok to be horrible to woman and gays......then you're kind of setting yourself up for some comments. You may not like them and that's ok....words aren't violence....that's what "they" do when they don't get their way.

[@ketade4930]

@@redriver6541 It shows how angry and hateful you are insulting Islam just because this video has a woman wearing hijab. What you said "pedophile" "warlord" etc has been clarified and refuted many times.

[@aub3365]

@@ketade4930 They have eyes and ears bro... But they can't see or listen. They live in darkness and hate light, but once they try to seek light they will know what is reality.

[@eliferinn]

Proud of you, Burçin. Keep going! We will always sopport you.

[@Sara-sf7dn]

"Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim”- Prophet Muhammad(SAW)

[@madinamassoud2312]

every human beeing Sara not just "muslims" there is nothing special about muslims , absolutly nothing!

[@zerk1044]

@@madinamassoud2312 prophet Muhammed(saw) said every muslim because muslims are the ones that believe him.

[@madinamassoud2312]

@@zerk1044 ohh that makes sense now, i always wonder why Muslims been kiling each other for 1400 years lol

[@madinamassoud2312]

@@partyhard455 ohh so we should wait till all is dead? that makes sense . You are so smart thank you for opening my eyes i guess beeing born and raised and Islamic republic and witnessing it all must be just my imagination

[@yasserk.aljameh6808]

@@madinamassoud2312 oh please enough with this.. all humans been killing each other from the beginning of existence, not just Muslims you know

[@sealofapoorval7437]

Having an entire galaxy named after you while you're still alive and young! Damn that's something I really look up to!! Congratulations!

[@heltrom716]

90% of the people talk about ''she discovers a new type of galaxy, yet thinks that the creator will be pissed off by exposing her hair'' like, in the first place why do u care ? Lol, she has a religion, she believes in it, and that's all, just enjoy the damn video guys :/

[@longlostwraith5106]

If she cares enough to wear a rag on her hair publicly, then we care enough to comment about it. Freedom of expression and speech go both ways.

[@chains84]

Maybe they're all the same person.

[@heltrom716]

thats the type of people i love, the ones that say some actual sense, good argument LongLostWraith

[@burlbird9786]

@@longlostwraith5106 You care enough to wear a rag on your pubes publicly, I hope. Let's discuss that, 'cause that's obviously the most important thing you ever did.

[@longlostwraith5106]

@@burlbird9786 Indeed, let's! So, what do you think about wearing underwear in public?

[@fatimahaque8478]

It's been a dream of mine that one day a hijabi women will deliver a ted talk on scientific research instead of fashion and dress stuff...

[@5tonyvvvv]

Praise Allah! The science points to an uncaused agent.. not trillions and trillions of unobservable untestable universes ..that's Faith to

[@arzuozkan5958]

fatima I hope you will find precious values... pray .. work.. believe... work.. look for.... work

[@karupt422]

Kes sesini kadin

[@annakeye]

Ms Mutlu-Pakdil is so obviously full of the joys that doing what you love brings. Like a female Neil deGrasse Tyson, she doesn't stop smiling. Bravo Burçin and your team and congratulations on this fascinating discovery. I hope to hear more soon.

[@borisstroganoffs104]

👍 if u think her giggling at the end was the cutest thing ever!! Lol

[@sevgiyildirim530]

Maşallah rabbim yolunu açık etsin kardeşim 🌼

[@rahulsingh-yf8kc]

She is soo happy about expanding universe ....... Allahamdulillah

[@MetaSteve777]

Respect to the people who only came to view and commented about the topic at hand...……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

[@user-z3r0187]

Respect to the people who restrained them selves from commenting on the butthurted hating comments in here too.

[@tt-fg9km]

Tebrik eder başarılarınız devamını dilerim. Sizinle gurur duydum. Maşa-Allah 👍👏👏👏👏🏼👏🏼👏🏻👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿🇹🇷🇺🇸

[@katiedamsky4009]

Wow. You are amazing Burcin!! #girlpower

[@firafsiefa_]

I'm Muslim and I want to be an astrophysicist, but sometimes I am curious and a little scared of how I will be treated and viewed bcs of the lack of representation. But now I'm seeing this, she's standing in a TED stage, she's an astrophysicist, she's Muslim, and she just made such an amazing discovery... I'm so inspired by her!!! This just makes me even more determined to become an astrophysicist and to hopefully be able to contribute to space research as well!! She has all my respect and I thank her so so so much

[@mrboostification]

Just follow your dreams you will make it.

[@breathing9127]

Follow your gut, soul or whatever you call it. "Arise, awake and don't stop until the goal is reached".

[@mrvocabulary6794]

Contrary to what American and Muslim media often teach you, most people really don't give a damn about your origin-often are even glad to see different people joining their ranks :)

[@danargumelarinc9660]

fira you are not wearing a hijab, how could I know you are Muslim.

[@firafsiefa_]

Danar Gumelar oh! My profile pic is an old picture, but I'm wearing one now

[@TheMechMan]

There are few things as epic as having a galaxy named after you. Congrats! Also, it makes me thing how all of our knowledge is so small in comparison to what can be discover. It's crazy to think that there are mathematical theories that still haven't been proven to be "true" and as we keep using what we know to be true to develop more technology to do further research, we just end up finding more things that don't seem to make sense. The universe is so awe inspiring!

[@AceHalford]

I love how passionate she is about this :) So happy for you Burcin, keep on discovering!

[@ChloePricesNumberOneSimp]

The comment section gave me stage 4 cancer and serious loss of brain cells.

[@cutewatermelon1025]

Omg, you are absolutely right, but at the same time,your comment cracked me up! 😆😆😆

[@rm5238]

So cool to have a Galaxy named after you. Talk about accomplishments! 👏👏👏

[@commonsense9173]

You can pay 5 dollars and get one named after you lol

[@johnsheikh3831]

@Krubbe K But did u know u could save with geico on car insurance....

[@jamesroseii]

Not just a galaxy...a new galaxy TYPE!

[@larjkok1184]

R M You must be joking.

[@Nae_Ayy]

Having a galaxy named after you and having a bunch of people agree with that is awesome. It means you discovered something interesting. Other uninteresting galaxies are given super lame names. Galaxies with real names are unique.

[@00110000]

Haha, this TedTalk should be titled "A rare combination of topic and speaker is challenging youtube commenters' small world-view"

[@n.l.g.6401]

I used to think naming discoveries after the people who discovered them was silly and egotistical, but you know what? This changed my mind. Burcin and her team worked hard, and just look how pumped she is! Damn right we're putting your name on that gatdam thang! Anyway, so now we wait for someone to find a galaxy with *three* rings, right? (Also, what's the leading theory on how these puppies form? Some sort of impact?)

[@gonzalezaramburu5741]

So sad that many people in the comments are talking about the way shes wearing and not pay attenttion to her talking

[@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King]

If I believed I had a personal relationship with thor, would you take me seriously as a scientist?

[@gonzalezaramburu5741]

Corey Holt By the way if you rejected a scientific discover just for the personal believes of the scientific, then you are the real irational bigot

[@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King]

You didn't answer my question.

[@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King]

Its perfectly rational to question the critical thinking skills of someone who believes the sun sets into a pool of water, the moon was split in half, and mohammad flew to heaven on a winged donkey

[@Continental_Champ]

@@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King I would. Your personal life has no relevancy with what you bring to the table.

[@AzlianaLyana]

Burcin's Galaxy! Cool!

[@metathynk9400]

Definitely a great name!!

[@h.y.4371]

@@techytrendysolutions6063 and here I thought we would have intellectual minds commenting in a Ted video. Instead we are presented with a mongoloid. Cool story bro.

[@techytrendysolutions6063]

H. Yahaya you can't prove moon god allah exist because its man made (only a state of mind). 😂😂

[@AzlianaLyana]

WWAAIKK AAABBAP first of all, nobody is bringing religion on the table. Second, does an intellectual lady somehow triggers your inferiority complex? This lady has galaxy named after her. Top that and we'll probably take you seriously. Otherwise, I'll just assume your comment is out of your own shortcomings in life. You know, living in your mom's basement and all.

[@h.y.4371]

@@techytrendysolutions6063 omg.. did you just deleted your comment and posted another? Never mind God, we gotta find your balls!

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

That was a great TED Talk! I love her enthusiasm! The picture of that new galaxy type blew my mind!

[@metathynk9400]

I want a print if that in my home 💙💜💙👀

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

MetaThynk Me too!

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

webmz In order to see the captions on this video, hit the three dots in the upper right corner, choose “captions” from the drop-down menu, and then choose the language you want! Hope this helps!

[@Birbakhele]

If she can discover a rare galaxy, I don't care if she is regularly wrestling with pandas or wearing a turban. It's a similar kind of irrelevancy on her work. She might do it to prove the mightiness of her God, but the rest of us can simply interpret her findings as a curious step forward to re-realize how little we know about this universe!

[@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King]

If she believes that mohammad flew to heaven on a winged donkey and the sun sets into a pool of water every night, I don't have much interest at all in what she "discovers". Its quite clear her critical thinking skills are severely lacking

[@Birbakhele]

Well, firstly, that's the cool thing about living a democracy instead of fascism! As long as she doesn't start dictating people around her on how should a person behave, she is free to live the way she prefers. Be respectful of differences please. Given the equal opportunities in education and financial capacity, everyone is free to choose their way. I don't care if her motivation is to praise the God by exploring his creation or just to satisfy an unstoppable scientific curiosity. Secondly, I hope you'll learn not to judge a book by its cover. Myself, and probably yourself, being an atheist would stereotype this woman to lack critical thinking skills. Yet, she can conduct astrophysics research somehow whereas you having those asserted critical skills stand with, most likely, no contribution to scientific literature. If her fellow colleagues found her input to be valuable in some sense, luckily they were open minded enough not to dismiss this objective contribution by judging her. She appears to be a hidden gem and we have no idea what she has been through in her childhood that pushed her into religious beliefs. Finally, please at least read the damn Quran before commenting on the silliness of it. You should be able to get into a theological discussion to dismiss it but your idea of Islam is clearly based on secondhand knowledge. I know how devastating the ignorance of religious people can be. However, what I found more repelling is the so called educated simpletons like you foolishly representing what should have supposed to be an enlightened population. When you talk like this, it doesn't help us reaching these people. They shut you down in a microsecond when you attack the single-handedly most important thing in their lives. Hope this answer supplements you in anyway.

[@fadluncandra7344]

@@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King lol how about you dude?

[@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King]

BOTH OF YOUR CULTS ARE EQUALLY BULLSHIT

[@Birbakhele]

Wow see how deep the craziness reach in religious domain. Please just appreciate the fact that despite all this madness, this woman was able to do astrophysics. Don't judge people by labels. Stupid is stupid does. Stupid is not what one wears.

[@wearenoless6732]

I find this video more motivational than any other "motivational" videos on youtube.. Great to see such people.. Thank you TEDx

[@marielimoraes8117]

This is such an amazing discovery! And she's so happy and excited about it, she's awesome! Great talk!

[@cogitoergosum9069]

I love her final message at the end, very true and inspirational.

[@youmube7690]

Wow.... A human that found a galaxy with strange physics and rules...! We're so proud of you! 👑

[@AbdulWahid-fk6ho]

I just came here to see all the hate comments, wasn’t disappointed Also she seems very passionate about this discovery, god bless her

[@No_OneV]

'Jet Streamer' youtube algoriithms has zero influence on the way the person looks. Its hard to imagine how you would even come up with such algorithm.

[@ronnie9187]

With Trump as president, she has to return to Turkey probably quit soon...

[@dynamicgecko1213]

It must be pretty cool to have a galaxy type named after you :)

[@metathynk9400]

Definitely a very unique one 1⃣👀💙💯

[@11csewa0]

@@Artaxerxes. you are talking nonsense.Its not about naming it yourself but rather it being named after you.You must have heard about Keppler right?He named a lot planets he discovered as Keppler "x" and we still name some of them after him.Its because he was a pioneer and first one to discover them and come up with theories and laws and models.Stop being salty just because you are jealous.Go and find a galaxy and name it yourself even 4 years old kids look for it and name it after themselves but thats not the point here is it?

[@Death089100]

Artaxerxes only ignorant one here is you.

[@suvinsadanandan5935]

Galaxy must be so proud of this!

[@meghanachauhan9380]

Actually it sucks because none but astrophysicists will ever know

[@medea9715]

I knew that she was turkish because of the style of her hijab (: thanks for this Ted talk!

[@killerkett]

real turks are not using that hijabs, now turkey is changed cuz of erdogan.

[@cardiob6475]

I cant even name my Gaming account while she named a whole galaxy haha, talk abow accomplishments

[@cameroonbeauty4ever]

Sister I am so proud of you! 😍😍😍😍

[@dementus420]

Our universe is such an amazing thing and thinking about it makes me feel so very small and insignificant. Good job.

[@winistan]

This talk should have been longer

[@Blue0000FF]

No.

[@NetUser-qm2ks]

Love seeing young science and technology students and professionals so passionate about their interests. And also seeing more diversity which is good for everyone. This young lady obviously shows it, great job! Amazing the vastness of the universe and so exciting that new discoveries and insights still abound. 👍🏽👏🏽😎✌🏽️

[@e.g.g1950]

Wow!!! What a marvelous discovery. She presents her research charismatically, which is incredibly inspiring to say the least. I'm looking forward to learn more about this Galaxy.

[@ToddLarsen]

This is so fascinating! I love science and learning new things, thank you for showing me something new about our universe👍 Thank you for sharing and as always Keep Building👍

[@OneReligionIslam]

Mubarak...All praise to Allah, the Lord of the Universe...Creator of the Known and the Un-Known.

[@davidjohnson2469]

We as simple humans and are amazed at what our ever expanding view of the smallest part of our universe looks like that we forget that the galaxy is vast and to think that we are the only intelligent life is pure hubris and denial. Loved her passion for discovery!

[@Designedbyalebanese]

That’s pretty awesome :) well done.

[@DiaNunez]

This is exciting! I love the new discoveries in Astronomy! Interesting....

[@metathynk9400]

Completely agree!! 📰💯👀

[@omarr6021]

interesting video ,,,i wish the comments tackled the scientific side of it rather than the religious and culture of her

[@mr.nobody4099]

Burçin, we are so proud of you as Turkish community. Great work

[@Musketeer009]

This is about Galaxies guys, nothing else. My theory is that there's a giant super-massive black hole in the centre of the galaxy causing the empty centre. The gravity waves from this hole have corralled the starts into a ring. A Smaller black hole in the galaxy, is orbiting the centre and has cleared a gap in the ring, resulting in two rings. The older redder stars are towards the centre and the newer brighter stars are in the outer ring. Just my theory and I'm happy to have it shot down....'coz I'm sure someone will be all belligerent about it and get worked up in some way or another. Congratulations to Burçin and her team for finding it. 👍

[@faheemurrahman5213]

Yes congraltulaions to brucin for this discovery but how do i meet you brucin because i am a muslim girl.and i am so excited to know about the galaxies and universe thankyou for giving me new information about universe and thanks for encouraging me that muslim girls are make her career in the field of science and astronomy because i want that one day i became an aerospace engineer

[@atmikavishwanath4667]

@Musketeer009 I am so happy to find this comment, because I was working on the exact same theory! I hope we make it a success and hopefully meet in the near future.

[@lunamyst617]

@@atmikavishwanath4667 me too! I was fascinated by astronomy since little, and although I did not pursue my career in the field I still keep on reading and viewing related subject. Was happy to find this video (and enthusiastic to see a lady speaker) but unfortunately more comments with less insight, until I found this..!! Thanks @Musketeer009 !!

[@atmikavishwanath4667]

@@lunamyst617 Whoa! That is super cool! I really wish we all get a chance to meet and share our super awesome theories! That's gonna be absolutely brilliant! And, you are definitely right about the less insight shared, it is unfortunate really.....Thank goodness someone wrote about this!

[@puresoul5560]

Wow this girl with hijab looks So Respectful !!!❤💕

[@dexterdiamond57]

😂😂 The difference between the "video" and the "comments" though... I wish I had just watched the video and left here. And the video be longer that this. Love you my sister! Keep going!

[@robertmcnutt432]

Makes me wonder if these rare galaxies are the type 3 civilizations we’ve been looking for

[@atmikavishwanath4667]

Nice thinking !

[@uniqueoz984]

Great speech Burçin !! We love you ❤️

[@abelievera.f.1920]

People of the world. Love and Peace for all of you.

[@karadenizkizi6194]

She is proud of Turkey,proud of science world 👏🇹🇷

[@IanD-ut4dy]

Brilliant discovery and you can tell just how excited she is about it. Great presentation and I can't wait to see any progress made on explaining the mechanics of it.

[@TubeTopics]

Awesome, should be more people like her doing these talks.

[@syedmehedihasan2057]

Extremely random people making out of context random comments and expecting satisfactory one line answers. Well, thats the most they can do in their boring worthless life. You go girl...loved your talk!

[@aldozulfikar54]

Congrats for every astronomical student! now your book getting thicker and thicker

[@wjckc79]

Amazing how much we can see of the universe and yet how little we really understand. Just yesterday we got the announcement of a standard model breaking new particle. Science is truly humbling and I admire people like Burçin who are trying to figure it out - if that is even possible. This is not the kind of field you fall into from smarts alone. This takes passion.

[@GundemaroSagrajas]

Its incredible that we can study objects that are so unconceivably big and far away from us. These scoentists are truly admirable. Congratulations, Burçin, and all astronomers on your great work!

[@Brightestlightt]

I forgive all the racist comments. LOVE WINS.

[@slayboiCarti69]

Everyone can believe in what they want, we're just here for science, no personal stuff, so shut up and enjoy the video!

[@samyabdelkader9270]

Donkey Fish no actually that headscarf shows liberation and freedom. It's her choice to wear it as well so she's not forced too. How about u join the damn video and stop talking about race.

[@greengoblin9567]

Donkey Fish, you are right about islam. The scarf shows that she identifies with a illogical religion (hypocrite), or her evil family will ostrasize her if she quits the cult.

[@greengoblin9567]

They are willing to TEAR THEIR FAMILIES APART, because they think that their bullshit religion is more valuable that their family members. 👏👏

[@MeanOldLady]

Except that they want the entire world to only believe in islam at the point of a sword. islam is the worst totalitarian ideology in history with the highest body count as well. Anything that comes from a muslim & islam is automatically suspect especially when that cult has many levels of deceptive tactics that are encouraged.

[@siddhartacrowley8759]

@@MeanOldLady The highest body count? In which timescale are we talking about? I bet Hitlerism, Maoism and Stalinism killed each one more people in a shorter period than islam.

[@snowkracker]

Great talk and very good speaker. She seems enthusiastic about her work.

[@TheOnlyGBeast]

yet another indicator of how little we truly know of the universe.. man I wish I could live forever to know it all

[@Suman-zp8gs]

Wow amazing discovery!

[@shashankkaveti6894]

Damn, it must be awesome to have a galaxy named after you! Congrats!

[@netwolfstar]

Congrats what an incredible find, I keep looking at the stars and wondering what new things will come into my eyepiece tonight.

[@zeynepaydinnn]

she reached a whole galaxy but we still dont have any idea about it in turkiye. shame on us. amazing woman.

[@chihalkaram199864]

what a sad comment section :/

[@fajaradi1223]

Welcome to the rock mate!

[@ferhundekanmaz7062]

Helallllllll 🧡 ilk gördüğüm andan beri gurur duyuyorum

[@prateek54671]

What we Found?- A new Type Of Galaxy What Are we Talking About?-Her Appearence Way to go People....

[@tylerharris3526]

Idk why stars and space intrigues me so much. But I love it.

[@endoftheroad10090]

My favourite fact about Hoag’s Object is that in between the Center and the outer ring, at the 12 o’clock position, you can see another Hoag type galaxy... 😳

[@korkmaz58617]

Tebrikler 🇹🇷

[@artv.9989]

Cig Kofte is really good

[@AirFouly]

Very cool! She clearly is passionate about the topic. Listen how she giggles as she walks off stage. Bless her

[@rukyatata6920]

Congrats, I became very happy when I saw such a young scientist's discovery. There are also probably many undiscovered galaxies that is waiting to be discovered.

[@AFdx2]

Proud of you my Turkish sister ❤️

[@zelihaorhan3910]

Wow she is so cool and cute. Her confident and smile made me happy. Also great job!

[@sourcedrop7624]

Zella it's too bad a high-control religion has enforcement rights on every aspect of her life. She takes that hijab off, she loses her family and becomes a shamed outcast.

[@mhtinla]

Zello Yes! She can be my 4th wife.

[@lolloler4555]

I hope you guys can focus on yourself one day and not be worried about other peoples lifes. Especially if you don't know the person and only talk with your WRONG 'knowledge' about islam.

[@mhtinla]

I AM focusing on my life.

[@sourcedrop7624]

Lol Loler my knowledge of Islam isnt WRONG. This is no laughing matter, funny guy.

[@mithatsezgin8608]

Humble and informative. Keep up the good work!!

[@Melancholyhills]

It's amazing how the talk is about cosmic splendor while the comment section is mostly about the young lady's heritage.

[@laywayluke7401]

There is only one galaxy and it's far far away

[@Cellardoor_]

Omgstahp

[@olawaleibiyemi2735]

😂😂😂

[@meryemtamguc2198]

gururumuz💜

[@alex_nita]

I got that refference

[@sourcedrop7624]

Dandelion Greens _facepalm_

[@ExodePC]

Thx for your work please make us discover the thruth ❤

[@bayesianlee6447]

We all can say how she's excited and passionate on her own work and achievement. That is what I look for. I want that big desires and big dreams with full of excitement and passion for my field.

[@kemejapetakdankopiah6090]

So proud of you! A galaxy named after you, wow!

[@jonl9149]

How do people make everything about religion and race, just enjoy the damn video

[@jfrigz2294]

Jon L Because it is mind blowing to see a Muslim interested in astronomy. There’s a very small amount of them. Probably less than 1000.

[@Nikko911]

well, to be fair, she is wearing a hijab. science and religion are the exact opposite. its like being a vegan, while working in a slaughter house.

[@johnnyb5534]

WE didn't do that, TED did, it's a consequence of their diversity initiative. They consciously decided to fill diversity and gender quotas, so it's only logical for the viewer to wonder whether the speaker was given the platform based entirely on merit or not.

[@SomeSurvive]

@@johnnyb5534 HER team discovered a new type of galaxy and you doubt her merit? Lmao

[@jonl9149]

Nikko She’s discovering our universe, what is there to contradict?

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

She is energetic beautiful youthful and above all exploring. It's the unknown so the learning never ends. I am little surprised as to why science always believes in Visual observation. Couldn't there be things beyond eyesight?

[@rudrasingh6354]

They do. But the logic needs to be consistent and also observational i.e gravity can't be seen but can be observed

[@dynamicgecko1213]

Science doesn't believe. Science observes, hypothesizes and experiments.

[@ericcartman8694]

her accent is ugly so is she

[@loneangel9359]

Since they're looking in infra-red and stuff, that means they're already looking beyond eyesight...

[@aphilosophicalnaturalist6245]

@@Alex-Charp It does not matters since science is objective. Anyone who can think logically and do experiments comes up with the same answer.

[@MNJGaGa]

Loved watching her talking. 😍

[@samikent5422]

Congrats to you and your team Burcin. Very interesting galaxy indeed. It's a great discovery. Looks almost surreal.

[@karrenskyle8796]

The fact that yall were making fuss about her being a Muslim astrophycist who wear hijab instead of her new discovery that bring us a new knowledge is just disappointing but not surprising. Anyway sister, you are amazing and so inspiring for us. Thank you.♡

[@xXArseni]

great speaker/presentation

[@joesantiago7759]

S+

[@theScrupulousBerserker]

I'm not sure which I like better: the new galaxy type she found - or her accent😍

[@djork6518]

she makes me want to be an astronomer. her exuberance is like that of a fresh young star.

[@arifhendriyana4399]

video content: A girl with her awesome skills in astronomy Comment section: Discussing about her religion which is none of your business.

[@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King]

When you believe the sun sets into a pool of murky water every night, you don't get to be taken seriously as an intellectual.

[@longlostwraith5106]

Well, if it's none of our business then maybe she shouldn't have made it public!

[@highr8764]

If only we could visit galaxies like if we were visiting countries 😢😭

[@unionics]

Just tell her to take a complete photo of Earth, that would be enough for us

[@alexanderbelov6892]

Special Relativity Theory is against this idea. Even if humanity will be able to accelerate close to speed of light, so that 359 M light years will be covered in 359 days of the spacecraft time, the spacecraft team will not have the origin to return back. The Earth time will tick more than 359 M years. There will not be anyone to know about the spacecraft. Probably there will not be any life on the Earth due to Sun temperature and size grow.

[@lunamyst617]

@@alexanderbelov6892 although I feel quite dispirited after learning this, but I am glad to read some intellectual, actual knowledge-based comment. Thank you for sharing! 😊

[@TheSameFight]

pretty interesting find, I enjoyed listening to the talk :)

[@mohdifraheem9868]

Hats off, .. You are great.....i pray that you achieve more success in this field