# Lessons from a solar storm chaser

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2017
- Speaker: Miho Janvier
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Astronomy and space
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/miho_janvier_lessons_from_a_solar_storm_chaser)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Space physicist Miho Janvier studies solar storms: giant clouds of particles that escape from the Sun and can disrupt life on Earth (while also producing amazing auroras). How do you study the atmosphere on the Sun, which burns at temperatures of up to around 10 million degrees Kelvin? With math! Join the TED Fellow as she shares her work trying to better understand how the Sun affects us here on Earth.

## Lectures

1. [Lessons from a solar storm chaser](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/miho_janvier_lessons_from_a_solar_storm_chaser/12d4f2a2a2e9), 6 min (TED's player)