At CERN, scientists from around the world explore the fundamental structure of the Universe. They use large and complex instruments to push the boundaries of human knowledge.

The acronym CERN originally represented the French words for Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire ('European Council for Nuclear Research'), which was a provisional council for building the …

Jul 1, 2026 · The CERN, home to the legendary Large Hadron Collider, has officially begun a long shutdown. For the next several years, the collider that once smashed particles at near-light speeds …

At CERN, scientists from around the world explore the fundamental structure of the Universe. They use large and complex instruments to push the boundaries of human knowledge.

Jun 29, 2026 · CERN — the European Organization for Nuclear Research — is the intergovernmental physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, that operates the LHC: a 27-kilometer underground …

Apr 14, 2025 · Rumors have been circulating for months at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), headquarters of the world's most advanced particle accelerator, the Large …

Why was CERN built? At the end of the Second World War, European science was no longer world-class but a handful of visionary scientists imagined creating a European atomic physics laboratory. …

Jun 30, 2026 · "It really is an opportunity to explore the universe in a way we haven't done before," Mark Thomson, director general of CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), where the …

Jul 8, 2026 · CERN, international scientific organization established for the purpose of collaborative research into high-energy particle physics. Founded in 1954, the organization maintains its …

Jun 29, 2026 · The LHC, the particle collider at the European particle physics lab CERN near Geneva, shut down June 29 to prepare for the next-generation machine.