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

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

NASA's mission to touch the sun launches soon

NASA's mission to touch the sun launches soon

<p>Prof. Emeritus Eugene Parker discusses the Parker Solar Probe</p>


First look at Jupiter’s poles show strange geometric arrays of storms Thumbnail

First look at Jupiter’s poles show strange geometric arrays of storms

UChicago astrophysicists to catch particles from deep space on NASA balloon mission Old photo of people holding balloons

UChicago astrophysicists to catch particles from deep space on NASA balloon mission

Hubble pushed beyond limits to spot clumps of new stars in distant galaxy An illustration portrays what distant star-formation regions might look like up close

Hubble pushed beyond limits to spot clumps of new stars in distant galaxy

NASA names solar mission after UChicago physicist NASA solar probe

NASA names solar mission after UChicago physicist

Recently discovered solar system could seed life between adjacent exoplanets Solar system planets

Recently discovered solar system could seed life between adjacent exoplanets

NASA to launch telescope on super-pressure balloon in search for cosmic rays Thumbnail

NASA to launch telescope on super-pressure balloon in search for cosmic rays

First images from the James Webb Space Telescope
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First images from the James Webb Space Telescope

<p>Photos: First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope</p>

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Eugene Parker in 1977

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