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space some of you might think space is
irrelevant and boring and I was the same
way until my junior year or my physics
teacher completely changed my
perspective I’m here today to hopefully
do the same I want to take all of you on
a journey through space exploring
exoplanets black holes and beyond
because I think these topics can help us
answer some of the biggest questions we
have today so question one are we alone
in the universe
I think earth-like exoplanets might have
the answer these plants are fascinating
because they orbit stars outside of our
solar system but they have
characteristics similar earth therefore
they have the possibilities of hosting
life not one but seven seven planets
were discovered just last week and this
system is called the Trappist one system
so what’s the big deal well all seven of
these planets lie in the Goldilocks zone
of their solar system meaning they’re at
the perfect distance such that it’s not
too hot or too cold therefore there’s a
possibility of water there for life if
you think about it maybe one of these
seven plants actually has life earth
with just one planet and our goal one
planet in our Goldilocks system and it
has life to the fact that they’re seven
is very promising another planet I find
fascinating is Proxima Centauri beat
this planet is only 4.2 two light-years
away which in the grand scheme of things
is not a big number scientists can
actually observe and study this planet
and hopefully answer the question one
day are we alone in the universe
question two do black holes hold the
mysteries of the universe now I find
black laws fascinating because we don’t
know much about them they’re just an
area in space where gravitational waves
are so strong that nothing can escape
them not even light so what’s the big
deal well how many of you have wondered
how the universe functions how it began
I think black holes may hold this answer
today we have to rule books that explain
how the universe functions general
activity the study of large what
explains why galaxies collide why space
is curved and so on in quantum mechanics
the study of small which explains my
electrons particles atoms interact we
have gravity it’s the reason when I drop
this pen it falls to the ground if we
want to understand how the universe
functions though we need to understand
how gravity works everywhere but the
problem is we don’t we don’t understand
how gravity works on small skills our to
rule books do not understand how gravity
works at the singularity of a black hole
an infinitely small one-dimensional
point with infinite mass and infinite
density however if we study the
singularity of a black hole we could
possibly unite our Torah books into one
creating a theory of everything a theory
that links all physical aspects of the
universe I also think the name black
hole is misleading when we think of it
we think of darkness and nothingness but
I think it’s quite the opposite our
universe began from a singularity and
expanded to the universe we know today
black holes have a singularity if we
study the singularity we could figure
out how the universe actually came to be
to me a black hole is more of an
information hole it contains the most
important information the deepest
darkest secrets of the universe and how
it all began so this is Earth a little
white dot surrounded by darkness we know
as space we don’t know much that’s out
there 70% of the universe about is
something called dark energy and dark
matter which we know nothing about we
don’t know what black holes are we don’t
know what wormholes are we don’t know
why the universe expands we don’t know
what gravity is we don’t know how its
created or how it all began we don’t
know anything the point I’m trying to
get across here is that space is
important we need people to lead the
forefront and space travel because only
then can we answer some of the biggest
questions that plague us today thank you [Applause]