Tag: Eugene Parker

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA’s first mission to go to the sun, the Parker Solar Probe, is named after Eugene Parker who first theorized that the sun constantly sends out a flow of particles and energy called the solar wind. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL A NASA spacecraft being readied for launch in 2018 will…