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Parker Solar Probe and the Birth of the Solar Wind Sun

Parker Solar Probe and the Birth of the Solar Wind

<p>Article discusses Prof. Emeritus Eugene Parker, the Parker Solar Probe, and the origin of solar wind</p>


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Countdown begins for launch of NASA mission named after UChicago Prof. Eugene Parker

Award honors Prof. Eugene Parker’s lifetime of physics research Gene Parker

Award honors Prof. Eugene Parker’s lifetime of physics research

NASA names solar mission after UChicago physicist NASA solar probe

NASA names solar mission after UChicago physicist

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Eugene Parker in 1977

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<p>Photos: Remembering Eugene Parker, 1927-2022</p>

The solar wind, explained Image of the glowing sun's surface with loops and whirls coming off it.

The solar wind, explained

First proposed in the 1950s by UChicago physicist Eugene Parker, the solar wind is a flow of particles that comes off the sun at about one million miles an hour.