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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[nassimhaiouani]

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 :)

[kboeda]

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

[LeighDWYC]

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

[denizayse]

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 ^_^

[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

[Sara-sfdn]

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

[shivamindore]

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

[fatimahaque]

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...

[sevgiyildirim]

Maşallah rabbim yolunu açık etsin kardeşim 🌼

[Octobris]

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

[tt-fgkm]

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

[NotMikey]

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

[JLee]

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

[heltrom]

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 :/

[katiedamsky]

Wow. You are amazing Burcin!! #girlpower

[borisstroganoffs]

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

[aleenaa]

For the sake of your sanity, please don't read the comments here. I lost my brain cells reading those. Insecure people like to degrade the successful ones by attacking their religion when they clearly don't understand either science or the religion

[eliferinn]

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

[gonzalezaramburu]

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

[jonl]

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