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The Large Hadron Collider is reset and refreshed every year – a CERN physicist explains how the team uses subatomic jumps to restart experiments

When you press “start” on your microwave or computer, it immediately powers on—but that’s not how big physics experiments like the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN. Instead, engineers and physicists must set aside a few weeks each year to carefully reset the collider and all the experiments… Read More »

The Large Hadron Collider is reset and refreshed every year – a CERN physicist explains how the team uses subatomic jumps to restart experiments

When you press “start” on your microwave or computer, it immediately powers on—but that’s not how big physics experiments like the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN. Instead, engineers and physicists must set aside a few weeks each year to carefully reset the collider and all the experiments… Read More »

Astronomers have discovered a comet that could be brighter than most stars when we see it next year. Or will it happen?

This article was first published at: Speech. The publication was contributed to the article by Space.com. Expert Voices: Commentaries and Insights. Jonti Horner He is an astronomer and astrobiologist based at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba, Queensland. On the heels of the disappointing Green Comet, astronomers have discovered a new comet that has… Read More »