# @uchicago on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BmBndLOH0q8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18617205-uchicago-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/09b7798158.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-08-03T17:33:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The University Of Chicago (@uchicago) — https://gondola.cc/uchicago

## Caption

Gene Parker's theories questioned conventional wisdom and were roundly dismissed by his contemporaries—but his pioneering work in astrophysics now defines the field.

This August #UChicago Prof. Emeritus Eugene Parker will watch his namesake spacecraft leave on a @nasa mission to touch the sun. #ParkerSolarProbe #SolarProbe #nasa #TouchTheSun #sciencefriday

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parkersolarprobe, touchthesun, sciencefriday, solarprobe, nasa, uchicago

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