Start with The Sun, The Star We Never Look At | Aman Priyadarshi Kumar | TEDxABQ

Astrophysicist Aman Priyadarshi Kumar, a second-year astronomy Ph.D. student at New Mexico State University, argues that the Sun deserves attention as a dynamic magnetic world rather than background scenery. His research focuses on the Sun's atmosphere, including solar flares, swirls and tornado-like plasma structures, and on how magnetic fields drive energy and mass through it. The talk, given at a TEDx event organized independently by a local community, invites viewers to look up and rediscover the star that shapes life on Earth. Kumar is a NASA FINESST award recipient and graduated magna cum laude from CU Boulder in astrophysics and physics.

• Why the Sun is better understood as a churning magnetic world
• Solar flares, swirls and tornado-like plasma structures in the Sun's atmosphere
• How magnetic fields drive energy and mass through the solar atmosphere
• Speaker background: NASA FINESST award recipient at New Mexico State University

Astrophysicist Aman Priyadarshi Kumar reframes the Sun from background scenery into a churning magnetic world worth rediscovering. Aman Priyadarshi Kumar is a second-year astronomy Ph.D. student at New Mexico State University studying the Sun's dynamic atmosphere — solar flares, swirls, and tornado-like plasma structures. A NASA FINESST award recipient, he researches how magnetic fields drive energy and mass through the solar atmosphere. Originally from India, Aman graduated magna cum laude from CU Boulder in astrophysics and physics, later named one of its Amazing Grads. In his talk, he reframes the Sun not as background scenery but as a churning magnetic world worth studying — inviting us to look up and rediscover the star that shapes life on Earth. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx