Before the RHIC shut down, it was the only operational particle collider in the U.S. and one of two heavy-ion colliders in the world, the other being the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland.

For a mere moment after the Big Bang, no neutrons or protons are thought to have existed. These neutral and positively charged particles, respectively, make up the center of all atoms today. But ...

Scientists discovered “magic” top quarks at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, demonstrating how the facility has evolved to support quantum computing research.

After 25 years of experiments recreating early-universe matter, Brookhaven's RHIC has completed its final particle collisions ...

Just after 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, final beams of oxygen ions—oxygen atoms stripped of their electrons—circulated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Future Circular Collider would have a circumference of 91 kilometres, at an average depth of 200 metres (HANDOUT) ...

The New England Patriots are heading back to the Super Bowl for the first time in the post-Tom Brady era. The Patriots vs. Seahawks matchup will be a rematch of Super Bowl 49. New England won that ...

The Large Hadron Collider is going to be shut down — not permanently, but for a pretty long time — and the famous atom smasher’s eventual final retirement is also something that top scientists are now ...

In collisions at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, hotter than the Sun’s core by a staggering margin, scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery: how delicate particles like deuterons and ...

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The Superconducting Super Collider was once planned to be the world’s largest particle accelerator, a project that promised groundbreaking discoveries in physics. But after billions of dollars were ...