Strange Universe 3/27/22

Published March 28, 2022 at 10:12 AM EDT

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Now in late March, each day at noon, the Sun stands one full Sun diameter higher than it was the day before. Hear how knowledge about the Sun is now arriving in a flood thanks to an armada of dedicated solar spacecraft such as SOHO and Stereo.

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