Music With a Solar Flare

Living on Earth

Most of us think of the sun as the provider of light and warmth. But what about sound? Professor Robertus von Fáy-Siebenbürgen, the head of University of Sheffield’s solar physics team, translates the magnetic vibrations for human ears and tells host Jeff Young how the sun is a star musical performer.

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