After 25 years of experiments recreating early-universe matter, Brookhaven's RHIC has completed its final particle collisions ...

As part of an effort to bring the study of space radiation in-house, SpaceX is now developing its own particle accelerator in Florida.

Just after 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, final beams of oxygen ions—oxygen atoms stripped of their electrons—circulated ...

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider , the largest particle collider in the United States, collided its last particles in early February. RHIC is a massive accelerator ring and set ...

The last collisions at RHIC took place on February 6, 2026. The particle accelerator provided insights into Big Bang matter for 25 years.

When the universe first burst into being, all of space was a cosmic cauldron filled with a roiling, fiery liquid of ...

After 25 years, Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider—the U.S.’s largest particle collider—has ...

The famed collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory has ended operations, but if all goes to plan, a new collider will rise ...

Data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) has revealed that particles retain spin signatures from the quantum vacuum.

Armageddon might not have a reputation as a scientifically accurate film. But scientists now say the Hollywood blockbuster ...

Spin correlations in the heart of a particle collider may help crack one of the biggest mysteries known, said physicist Zhoudunming Tu.

Discover how physicists converted lead into gold using nuclear reactions. Learn the science behind it and explore this ...