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Description: 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.gov/press-release/nasa-mourns-passing-of-visionary-heliophysicist-eugene-parker Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Producer: Joy Ng (KBRwyle) Additional imagery from the University of Chicago. Music credit: “Closer to You” by Sam Cleeve [PRS] by Universal Production Music. This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14120. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14120. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines. If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: youtube.com/NASAGoddard Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: facebook.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr flickr.com/photos/gsfc