Jakub Bochinski's talk to TEDxKazimierz centres on an astronomers perspective of time, the Earth/Moon relationship and global warming.

Jakub Bochinski is a professional astronomer and a science communicator at the Open University - one of the largest academic institutions in the world. His current research aims to help us understand how Earth was formed by seeking out and studying new planets outside of the Solar System. In recent years, Jakub contributed to discoveries of several new planets as a member of SuperWASP and PIRATE telescope programmes and is currently running his own project, attempting to look under the surface of an evaporating planet using the William Herschel Telescope located at La Palma, Canary Islands. Prior to the Open University, Jakub worked and studied at the University College London, contributing to the research carried out at the UCL Institute of Origins, UCL/Birkbeck Centre for Planetary Sciences and the University of London Observatory. Jakub serves as a chairman of the OU Astronomy Club and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx