15 Million Degrees

Lucie Green is a Professor of Physics working at UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory, presently investigating the physics behind the largest eruptions in the Solar System - known as coronal mass ejections. She also helps create the space missions of the future, including with NASA, Japan's space agency and, currently, as part of the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission to get close to the Sun and provide images from a totally new vantage point. Lucie is the author of one previous book, 15 Million Degrees: A Journey to the Centre of the Sun (Viking, 2016), is the Chief Stargazer for the Society for Popular Astronomy, co-Chair of Astrofest, a member of the advisory Board for the Science Museum and has presented numerous science programmes on BBC television and radio. She has been awarded prizes by the Royal Society and the Institute of Physics for her work in public outreach and science communication.