page_title: Edward P. Ney
hierarchical_section_title: Edward P. Ney
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Professor Edward P. Ney (1920 - 1996), University of Minnesota
context_page_description: Edward Purdy Ney was an American physicist who made major contributions to cosmic ray research, atmospheric physics, heliophysics, and infrared astronomy. He was a discoverer of cosmic ray heavy nuclei and of solar proton events. He pioneered the use of high altitude balloons for scientific investigations and helped to develop procedures and equipment that underlie modern scientific ballooning. He was one of the first researchers to put experiments aboard spacecraft.
  In 1963, Ney became one of the first infrared astronomers. He founded O'Brien Observatory, where he and his colleagues discovered that certain stars are surrounded by grains of carbon and silicate minerals and established that these grains, from which planets are formed, are ubiquitous in circumstellar winds and regions of star formation.
context_section_description: Edward Purdy Ney (October 28, 1920 – July 9, 1996) was an American physicist who made major contributions to  cosmic ray research, atmospheric physics, heliophysics, and infrared astronomy.  He was a discoverer of cosmic ray heavy nuclei and of solar proton events.  He pioneered the use of high altitude balloons for scientific investigations and helped to develop procedures and equipment that underlie modern scientific ballooning.  He was one of the first researchers to put experiments aboard spacecraft.
  In 1963, Ney became one of the first infrared astronomers.  He founded O'Brien Observatory, where he and his colleagues discovered that certain stars are surrounded by grains of carbon and silicate minerals and established that these grains, from which planets are formed, are ubiquitous in circumstellar winds and regions of star formation.
caption: Photo provided by Frank B. McDonald
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