Sun
ID: 14120
Dr. Eugene N. Parker, visionary of heliophysics and namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, passed away on March 15, 2022. He was 94.
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 Sun and stars throughout the universe.
More information:
• NASA Press Release
• University of Chicago Press Release
Tribute to Eugene Parker, Namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
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 Sun and stars throughout the universe.
More information:
• NASA Press Release
• University of Chicago Press Release
Source Material
For More Information
Credits
Joy Ng (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Producer
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Short URL to share this page:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14120
Mission:
Parker Solar Probe
This item is part of this series:
Narrated Movies
Keywords:
SVS >> Solar Wind
NASA Science >> Sun
SVS >> Tribute
SVS >> Parker Solar Probe
SVS >> Eugene Parker
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14120
Mission:
Parker Solar Probe
This item is part of this series:
Narrated Movies
Keywords:
SVS >> Solar Wind
NASA Science >> Sun
SVS >> Tribute
SVS >> Parker Solar Probe
SVS >> Eugene Parker
