2008 Launch of Large Hadron Collider

The Large Hadron Collider, a particle accelerator located just outside Geneva, Switzerland, commenced operation in early July 2008; in September, scientists and engineers began nudging the collider’s two hadron beams to crash into each other.
The work of an international team of scientists and engineers, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) crosses the border between France and […]