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Eugene Newman Parker (June 10, 1927 – March 15, 2022) was an American solar and plasma physicist. In the 1950s he proposed the existence of the solar wind and that the magnetic field in the outer Solar System would be in the shape of a Parker spiral, predictions that were later confirmed by spacecraft measurements.
Mar 16, 2022 · Prof. Emeritus Eugene N. Parker, a pioneering astrophysicist whose contributions to solar physics were so enormous that NASA named its Parker Solar Probe mission after him, died March 15. He was 94. Parker was internationally known for proposing the concept of the solar wind—an idea that was first met with skepticism to outright ridicule.
Mar 16, 2022 · The University of Chicago, where Parker spent virtually all of his long career, announced Wednesday that Parker died March 15, 2022, at the age of 94. Since arriving in 1955, Parker served as ...
Mar 16, 2022 · Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, passed away on March 15, 2022. He was 94.
Apr 28, 2022 · Pioneer of theoretical solar and plasma astrophysics. Stuart D. Bale bale@berkeley.edu Authors Info & Affiliations. Science. 28 Apr 2022. Vol 376, Issue 6592. p. 461. DOI: 10.1126/science.abq3164. Contents. Astrophysicist Eugene N. (“Gene”) Parker, who led the field of solar physics into the space age, died on 15 March.
Mar 16, 2022 · Eugene Parker, the pioneering astrophysicist whose name graces NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission, died Tuesday (March 15) at age 94. Parker's work focused on understanding the sun.
Mar 16, 2022 · 301-286-6284. karen.c.fox@nasa.gov. Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, has passed away. He was 94.
