Obituaries

Professor Peter Higgs, known for predicting the boson that bears his name, has died aged 94

Physics

Professor Peter Higgs, renowned for Higgs boson prediction, dies aged 94

Professor Peter Higgs has died aged 94. The theoretical physicist was best known for his prediction of a key elementary particle, the Higgs boson, which earned him the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics soon after its discovery.

Official Space Shuttle portrait showing Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, attired in the Shuttle Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Suit with Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) attached

Astronomy

First astronaut to walk in space without a tether dies age 80

The first astronaut to fly in space untethered died on Thursday at the age of 80. According to NASA, Captain Bruce McCandless II (US Navy, retired) passed away at his home in California from undisclosed causes.

Captain Cernan was the Commander of Apollo 17

Astronomy

Last man to walk on the Moon dies at age 82

Captain Eugene "Gene" Cernan, the last man to leave the Moon, has passed away at the age of 82. A holder of multiple space records, Cernan was Commander of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 and one of only 12 astronauts to walk on Moon.

John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth

Astronomy

US pioneering astronaut John Glenn dies

Space pioneer and former US senator John Glenn has died at the age of 95, after a brief stay in hospital. One of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, Glenn was America's first man to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.