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 European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (/ sɜːrn /; French pronunciation: [sɛʁn]; Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire), is an intergovernmental organization …

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. …

1 day ago · What Is CERN and Why Is It Shutting Down Today? CERN — the European Organization for Nuclear Research — is the intergovernmental physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, that …

16 hours ago · Following its final physics run, the accelerator has been switched off to begin CERN’s Long Shutdown 3 (LS3), a major programme of maintenance, consolidation, upgrades and …

Apr 14, 2025 · CERN scientists last week confirmed the observation of a whole new kind of matter—an exotic particle never seen before. But it's not the particle itself that has alarm bells ringing. Insiders …

8 hours ago · The High-Luminosity LHC, planned to switch on in 2030, could help physicists unravel mysteries about the Higgs boson, dark matter and more.

2 days ago · CERN, the European Council for Nuclear Research, is an international organization dedicated to high-energy particle physics research. Founded in 1954 and headquartered near …

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. [1][2] It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) between 1998 and 2008, in …

10 hours ago · VICE asked CERN's scientists how likely their work is to open up a portal to hell, time-traveling aliens, or alternative dimensions.