CERN Recreates Cosmic Particle Storms Inside the Large Hadron Collider

CERN physicists have used the Large Hadron Collider to recreate how high-energy cosmic particles interact with Earth’s atmosphere.

By colliding protons with oxygen atoms, the ATLAS experiment produced data more than ten times more precise than previous models, offering new clues about cosmic radiation and extreme events around exploding stars and black holes.

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