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Mar 16, 2022 · Eugene Parker, an astrophysicist who pioneered the solar research field of heliophysics, has died at age 94. Parker died Tuesday, according to the University of Chicago, where he joined...
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 · Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, has passed away. He was 94. Dr. Eugene Parker watches the launch of the spacecraft that bears his name – NASA’s Parker Solar Probe – early in the morning of Aug. 12, 2018.
Apr 28, 2022 · Astrophysicist Eugene N. (“Gene”) Parker, who led the field of solar physics into the space age, died on 15 March. He was 94. Gene was first to identify many of the fundamental concepts of Solar System plasma physics, including the physics of solar wind acceleration, coronal heating and magnetic reconnection, cosmic ray diffusion, and a ...
Mar 16, 2022 · CHICAGO (AP) — Eugene Parker, a physicist who theorized the existence of solar wind and became the first person to witness the launch of a spacecraft bearing his name, has died, his son and the University of Chicago said Wednesday.
Mar 16, 2022 · CHICAGO (AP) — Eugene Parker, a physicist who theorized the existence of solar wind and became the first person to witness the launch of a spacecraft bearing his name, has died, his son and the...
May 3, 2023 · As a young professor at the University of Chicago in the mid-1950s, Parker developed a mathematical theory that predicted the solar wind, the constant outflow of solar material from the Sun. Throughout his career, Parker revolutionized the field time and again, advancing ideas that addressed the fundamental questions about the workings of our Su...
