Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil: A rare galaxy that's challenging our understanding of the universe
بورچين موتلو پاكديل: گەلەئەستێرەیەکی دەگمەن کە تێگەیشتمان بۆ گەردوونەکامان ئەخاتە ژێر پرسیارەوە
Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil studies the structure and dynamics of galaxies to help us understand how they form and evolve. Full bio
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galaxies in the universe.
گەلەئەستێرە هەیە.
an extremely rare one,
quite like anything observed before.
پێشتر تێبینی نەکراوە.
and our assumptions
گریمانەکانمان
گەردوون دەبێتەوە.
these common galaxies form and evolve.
پەرەسەندنی گەلەئەستێرە باوەکان هەیە.
پەرەسەندنی گەلەئەستێرە دەگمەنەکان تێناگەین
how rare galaxies form and evolve.
is Hoag's Object.
ئەڵقەیی بە هۆگ ناودەبڕێت.
surrounded by a circular outer ring,
کە بە ئەڵقەیەکی بازنەیی دەورەدراوە،
پێکەوەیان نابەستێتەوە.
types of galaxies currently known.
لە دەگمەنترین گەلەئەستێرە دادەنرێت.
in 1,000 galaxies.
in the outer ring are just floating there
بە بازنەی ئەڵقەیی
discovered is even rarer
تیمەکەم دۆزیویانەتەوە دەگمەنتر
and search for these objects,
ئەم بابەتانە دەگەڕێت ،
in the background,
to Hoag's Object,
and circular outer ring.
بە ئەڵقەیەکی بازنەیی دەورەدراوە.
we discovered another Hoag's Object.
کە گەلەئەسێرە هۆگێکی ترمان دۆزییەوە.
this is an entirely new galaxy type,
گەلەئەستێرەیەکی نوێیە،
as "Burçin's Galaxy."
ئاماژەی پێ دەکرێت.
this galaxy anytime soon.
گەلە ئەستێرەیە بکەین.
light years away from Earth.
ساڵی ڕووناکی لە زەوییەوە دوورە.
of the nearby galaxies.
نزیکترین گەلە ئەستێرەکان.
توێژینەوە لەسەر ئەم تەنە دەکەم
بنەوشەیی، بینایی و تیشکی ژێر سوور.
like a scar or wrinkles,
بۆ نموونە پەڵە و چرچییەکانی سەر پێست،
in different light
بە ڕووناکی جیاواز
their origin and evolution.
پەرەسەندنیان بگەڕێینەوە.
بەرجەستە کردنی بەکارم هێناوە
شاراوەکان بکەم،
may blind our views of faint features,
لە دیتنی لایەنە تاریکەکان دەگرێت،
when you are blinded by the intense light.
کاتێک بەهۆی ڕووناکی تیژەوە نابینا دەبیت.
جێگای سەرسوڕمان بوو.
have an outer ring,
بازنەیەکی دەرەکی نییە،
بڵاوبووەوەشی هەیە.
explaining the origin of the outer ring
کاتێک ڕوونکردنەوەمان سەبارەت بە بازنەی
this mysterious second ring.
نامۆیەکەی دووەم ڕوون بکەینەوە.
کارکردنی زانراو نییە
ring in such a peculiar galaxy.
نامۆیە ڕوون بکاتەوە.
clearly highlights the gap
بەڕوونی بێ ئاگایی ئێمە سەبارەت بە
دەردەخات.
ئەم گەلەئەستێرە دەگمەنانە ئەنجام بدرین
this extremely rare galaxy was formed
on how the universe works.
ڕەفتاری گەردوون دەخاتە بەردەست.
that we still have a lot to learn,
کە هێشتا زۆر شتمان ماوە فێری ببین
deeper and deeper in space
نەزانراوەکان بەدەوام بین.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil - AstrophysicistBurçin Mutlu-Pakdil studies the structure and dynamics of galaxies to help us understand how they form and evolve.
Why you should listen
Dr. Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil is searching for the most peculiar objects in the Universe. Her research has led to a discovery of an extremely rare galaxy with a unique circular structure, which is now commonly referred to as Burçin's Galaxy. Her work has provided the first description of a double-ringed elliptical galaxy, challenging current theories and assumptions about how the universe works and how galaxies start and evolve.
Mutlu-Pakdil earned her PhD at the University of Minnesota, and her undergraduate degree is from Bilkent University in Turkey. She is currently a postdoctoral research associate at University of Arizona and a 2018 TED Fellow. She spends most of her time searching for hierarchical structure at the scale of dwarf galaxies as a novel test of the Cold Dark Matter paradigm. She uses data gathered in a large range of wavelengths from premier telescopes worldwide and wants to learn more about how the Universe came to be the way it is today.
Mutlu-Pakdil's findings have been featured by CNN, Science Daily, Astronomy Magazine, Independent and MPR News, among many others. Damon Brown wrote in his regular Inc. Magazine online column: “Many organizations are dedicated to filling the STEM pipeline with more girls and women. Others are supporting the cause by being an example. TED Fellow Burçin is representing by being one of the most notable astrophysicists today.”
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