physics
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Does The Science Of Star Wars Hold Up?
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, the final film in the epic Star Wars series, will hit the big screens on December 19. Science fiction in general ” and Star Wars in particular ” is a hugely popular genre, much because of the titillating possibility that the mind-blowing technology we see on screen could one…
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CERN’s Oldest Particle Accelerator Is Still Running, 60 Years Later
The oldest particle accelerator at CERN, home to the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, is celebrating its 60th birthday. It’s still running.
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Astronauts Are On A Spacewalk Right Now To Repair A Crucial Dark Matter Experiment
Astronauts Andrew Morgan of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency are outside of the International Space Station (ISS) as we speak. The duo are taking a space walk to fix a key dark matter experiment. You can watch (and rewatch) the progress here.
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The Future Of Particle Physics Is Bright, Bleak And Magical
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider triumphantly announced the discovery of the Higgs boson back in the summer of 2012. Nicknamed “the God particle,” it was the last new undiscovered particle predicted by the backbone theory of particle physics.