Eugene Parker Awarded 2020 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy

University of Chicago professor emeritus Eugene Parker, for whom Parker Solar Probe is named, has been awarded the 2020 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy “for pioneering and fundamental studies of the solar wind and magnetic fields from stellar to galactic scales."

The Crafoord Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in partnership with the Crafoord Foundation in Lund, Sweden.

"I am humbled by the award of the Crafoord Prize,” said Parker, now 92. “It gives strong incentive for maintaining the historic high level of research that merits the prize.”

Read the University of Chicago news release.

Eugene Parker, University of Chicago, USA, is awarded the Crafoord Prize in Astronomy 2020 “for pioneering and fundamental studies of the solar wind and magnetic fields from stellar to galactic scales”.
Credit: Video News Release: The Crafoord Prize in Astronomy 2020, 2020-01-30.

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Credit: John Zich, Univ. of Chicago
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