The Sun unleashes a torrent of charged particles. Some of them slam into the Earth’s atmosphere, triggering breathtaking auroras in the night sky. But for equipment that’s orbiting our planet in outer ...

A massive fire at a research center in western Germany has forced authorities to indefinitely delay the test phase of a billion euro particle accelerator, officials said on Thursday. The blaze broke ...

Following a major fire at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, the planned particle accelerator FAIR cannot be tested as planned starting in December. This was announced by Hessian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As part of an effort to bring the study of space radiation in-house, SpaceX is now developing its own particle accelerator in ...

Before telescopes, ancient Greek astronomers relied on naked-eye observations of the night sky to understand the universe around them. The meticulous star catalog belonging to one of the best of these ...

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) ...

A particle accelerator is not some kind of evil super villain torture device. A particle accelerator is used for health, safety, discovery, and for learning more about our universe. You can't see what ...

Researchers are using an instrument at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to uncover the original text of reused parchments. Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A ...

Fundamental particles called quarks can be created in quantum-correlated pairs. These correlations can be passed on to larger particles that form from the quarks. The strong force differs from others ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters fight a fire on the grounds of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt. Boris Roessler/dpa A ...