The world's most powerful particle accelerator began circulating its first beams in 2008 and in 2012 hosted the discovery of the Higgs boson particle.

And no, they didn’t shut down ‘cuz it was gonna create a black hole. LHC will be replaced with an upgrade—HiLumi LHC.

The world's largest particle accelerator has powered down. CERN has switched off the Large Hadron Collider to begin Long ...

The High-Luminosity LHC, planned to switch on in 2030, could help physicists unravel mysteries about the Higgs boson, dark ...

The world's most powerful particle accelerator will undergo some major upgrades during the 4-year hiatus.

The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest atom smasher, has shut down for a planned 4-year upgrade that will make it 10 times more sensitive than its initial version.

It’s difficult to overstate just how much the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has helped advance our understanding of the ...

Head to Switzerland for a tour of CERN, the world’s largest particle physics research laboratory, to discover the secrets of the universe.

Europe's CERN laboratory has taken its first steps towards building a huge new particle accelerator that would eclipse its Large Hadron Collider—and hopes to see light at the end of the tunnel. The ...

The oldest particle accelerator at CERN, home to the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, is celebrating its 60th birthday. It’s still running. The Proton Synchrotron (PS) accelerated its first ...