Eugene Parker – Pioneering Astrophysicist Who Discovered Solar Wind – Dies at 94 - SciTechDaily

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 o…

Eugene Parker, University of Chicago Prof. Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics, is remembered for seminal contributions to the understanding of our sun and solar system Credit: Photo by John Zich/… [+9683 chars]

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