We live in the extended atmosphere of a star, impacted by the photons, particles, and magnetic fields it emits. Telescopes, working in all different regimes of the electromagnetic spectrum, from X-rays to the radio, continuously observe the Sun allowing us to study its complex behavior. With the arrival of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest Sun-dedicated telescope, we can now see details on the solar surface that are as small as Denver, or about 25 km across. We are also sending spacecraft, such as the Parker Solar Probe, to brave the Sun's heat and fly deep into the Sun's corona. But what would it be like if we could travel ourselves from Earth and plunge all the way into the Sun's atmosphere, whizzing past prominences and diving into sunspots? How hard would it be to survive the heat as we got closer? In the spirit of Jules Verne, we will take a journey to the center of the sun, exploring the strange and wonderful environment of stellar plasma, and find out what we are learning about these amazing solar phenomena.

Bio: Dr. Kevin Reardon is a scientist at the National Solar Observatory and a Research Professor in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences. He has studied many different aspects of the solar activity, from the photosphere to the corona. He uses numerous telescopes from the ground and on satellites, from the x-ray to the millimeter wavelengths, as well as collecting data at multiple solar eclipses. He has always wanted to fly through the middle of a sunspot.