Eugene Parker

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

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

Department of Physics honors National Medal of Science winners

Department of Physics honors National Medal of Science winners

NASA's mission to sun honors Prof. Eugene Parker
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NASA's mission to sun honors Prof. Eugene Parker

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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 The Solar Wind, explained

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.

NASA space missions named after UChicago scientists

NASA space missions named after UChicago scientists

In 2017, Prof. Emeritus Eugene Parker became the first living person to have a NASA mission named after him: The Parker Solar Probe.

This honor extends UChicago’s legacy of excellence in astronomy and astrophysics throughout the past century. Parker joined fellow UChicago scientists Edwin Hubble, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nancy Grace Roman, Enrico Fermi and Arthur Holly Compton, who all received the honor of a named spacecraft posthumously.

NASA space missions named after UChicago scientists

<h3>In 2017, Prof. Emeritus Eugene Parker became the first living person to have a NASA mission named after him: <a href="https://news.uchicago.edu/story/nasa-parker-solar-probe">The Parker Solar Probe</a>.</h3> <p>This honor extends UChicago’s legacy of excellence in astronomy and astrophysics throughout the past century. Parker joined fellow UChicago scientists Edwin Hubble, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nancy Grace Roman, Enrico Fermi and Arthur Holly Compton, who all received the honor of a named spacecraft posthumously.</p>