Asteroid Samples and Origins of Life

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA contain the building blocks for life and evidence of an ancient water world, supporting the theory that asteroids may have contributed to the origins of life on Earth.

Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize Winner

Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize winner in 1957, passed away at 97. Known for his work in particle physics and as a professor at Columbia University, he was praised for his brilliance by Robert Oppenheimer.

Peter Higgs Death

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs has died at age 94, known for his work on the mass of subatomic particles.

Passing of Physicist Peter Higgs

Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, known for proposing the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has passed away at the age of 94.