Expected results for the cradle of the Solar Wind with the Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

The Polarimeter to UNify the Corona and Heliosphere is a NASA Small Explorer to image the corona and heliosphere as parts of a single system. Imaging the corona and heliosphere together from a constellation of four synchronized smallsats, PUNCH will — starting in 2025 — provide a unique window on global structure and cross-scale processes in the outer corona and young solar wind. PUNCH science is informed by, and complements, the results of PSP and Solar Orbiter; and will synergize with PROBA3/ASPIICS. We present early prototype results from STEREO/SECCHI and current preparation work to enable PUNCH science when data arrive, discuss anticipated results from the deeper-field, higher time resolution imaging that PUNCH will provide, and describe how to get involved with PUNCH science now.