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Welcome back to Earth, Sławosz!
CERN engineer Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, who is currently an ESA astronaut, has landed back on Earth. He left the International Space Station on 14 July after 20 days in space and landed safely on 15 July off the Californian coast
Stellar, meet the explorers of space and the Universe
This event will bring together renowned scientists and astronauts to talk about their research and expeditions
ATLAS closes in on rare Higgs decays
The ATLAS collaboration finds evidence of Higgs-boson decays to muons and improves sensitivity to Higgs-boson decays to a Z boson and a photon.
Bike to Work 2025: Pedalling towards a climate-conscious commute
The 2025 challenge encouraged more colleagues to cycle to CERN than ever before
A century of quantum mechanics
On 9 July 1925, in a letter to Wolfgang Pauli, Werner Heisenberg revealed his new ideas, which were to revolutionise physics
Celebrating the outstanding achievements of the ATLAS collaboration
The ATLAS collaboration celebrated the dedication, ingenuity and collaborative spirit of its members at the 8th Outstanding Achievement Awards
Computer Security: Internet of Damn Insecure Stupid Things
Here are some examples of the Internet of Damn Insecure Stupid Things that were deployed (or intended to be) at CERN. Be prepared to shake your head
First-ever collisions of oxygen at the LHC
The Large Hadron Collider gets a breath of fresh air as it collides beams of protons and oxygen ions for the very first time. Oxygen–oxygen and neon–neon collisions are also on the menu of the next few days
Levitation: CERN’s new temporary exhibition explores space and time through glass art
Glass sculptures by Slovak artist Ján Zoričák, some created using materials from CERN experiments, are on display at the Globe of Science and Innovation until 24 August
Lift off: CERN engineer travels to space
CERN engineer Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, now an ESA astronaut, has just taken off for the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center