What will we find when we reach out to touch the celestial center of our planetary system? Will we be able to finally explain the pernicious problem of coronal heating? Of solar wind acceleration? We sit down with Dr. Nicola J Fox, head of NASA's Heliophysics department, to talk about the strange things being discovered by the Parker Solar Probe at very limits of human ingenuity. ªº¬˚∆≤≥≤≥ Support the podcast by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/demystifysci ≤≥≤≥∆˚¬ºª Chapters: 00:00 Solar winds: What, Why, When, Where and How? 00:03:21 The longest running solar physics puzzle: Coronal Heating 00:05:07 Parker Solar Probe: NASA’s motivation and mission objectives 00:07:40 Solar minimum, Solar maximum and planetary locations 00:09:34 Why are cosmic structures pancake shaped? 00:13:13 What happens when the sun’s magnetic field reverses? 00:16:12 Diving deep into the Sunspots 00:17:41 Alfvén Surface: Origin of solar wind 00:19:18 Parker Solar Probe: Withstanding Sun’s high temperatures 00:21:00 Eugene Parker's solar wind theory 00:29:52 The Carrington Event: Why did the grid collapse in 1859? 00:31:58 Impact of solar activity on a technologically advanced society 00:35:23 How early warning systems work in response to solar activity 00:38:06 Can satellites withstand solar impacts? 00:39:40 Looking to interstellar space 00:41:05 Does solar activity impact earth’s weather? 00:45:08 What have we learned from the Parker Solar Probe? 00:48:26 Saying Goodbye #heliophysics #solarprobe #NASA Check our short-films channel, @DemystifyingScience: https://youtu.be/1OCL5Lq8m6s ªº¬˚∆≤≥≤≥ Join the mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S​ ≤≥≤≥∆˚¬ºª PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying microbial communication at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting and exploring the woods. Michael Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. Blog: http://demystifyingscience.com/blog Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3uhn7J1 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39IDJBD RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/HXQNjTvZCb - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/demystifyingscience - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/demystifysci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/demystifysci