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A rare galaxy that's challenging our understanding of the universe

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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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.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil

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TED Senior Fellow Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil studies extreme objects -- including a rare double-ringed elliptical galaxy she discovered -- to help us understand how galaxies form and evolve.

Marc Seigar | Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2017 | Book

Spiral Structure in Galaxies

This book reviews the history behind the discovery of spiral galaxies and the problems faced when trying to explain the existence of spiral structure. You will find subjects such as galaxy morphology and structure as well as several models for spiral structure. It is an easy-to-read book.

James Binney and Scott Tremaine | Princeton University Press, 2008 | Book

Galactic Dynamics

This book is one of the most widely used advanced textbooks on the structure and dynamics of galaxies.

R. Buta and F. Combes | Fundamentals of Cosmic Physics, 1996 | Article

"Galactic Rings"

This is an important review article, which is all about ring structures.

zooniverse.org | Explore

Zooniverse

This is an amazing, people-powered research project. Zooniverse enables everyone to take part in real cutting-edge research and creates opportunities for anyone to unlock answers and contribute to real discoveries. By participating in Galaxy Zoo, you can help scientists discover the secrets of galaxy evolution by classifying distant galaxies.