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![The Large Hadron Collider.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ERYXmkcxr4Adfhdce5BX3F-320-80.jpeg)
Large Hadron Collider scientists hail most powerful collisions ever as detector gets back to work
By Elizabeth Howell published
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back with more powerful collisions than ever before and scientists are thrilled to see what they can learn.
![large ATLAS detector](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WUrrY2tK4rKVkNpswZTjgD-320-80.jpg)
The Large Hadron Collider returns in the hunt for new physics
By Keith Cooper published
Switched back on for its third observing run, the LHC will chase down sterile neutrinos, dark matter and deviations from the Standard Model of particle physics.
![A ring of dark matter (seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in false color), its location inferred from its gravity, around the galaxy cluster ZwCl0024+1652, which is 5 billion light years away.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SGxF2ZyaNSmncHKGMWeaZE-320-80.jpg)
Could the Large Hadron Collider discover dark matter?
By Keith Cooper published
With the switching back on after a three-year hiatus, CERN's Large Hadron Collider turns its sights toward shedding light on the mysterious dark matter.
![higgs boson simulation](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8QaR9kthingaWm9dXWTHp4-320-80.jpeg)
What the Higgs Is Going on with Mass?
By Paul Sutter last updated
By now, most people have heard the refrain: "The Higgs boson creates mass." But the reality is a bit more complicated than that.
![CERN shared this visualization of one of the events in the new Higgs dataset.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mbmVSSKskRyCbU5Y6stpmY-320-80.jpg)
The Higgs Boson Has a New Friend
By Rafi Letzter last updated
The Higgs boson appeared again at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and this time, it revealed something new and exciting about its behavior.
![When the universe was very young, almost all of the antimatter disappeared. And physicists don't know why.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NigAayHkrApMBzzjmvQnES-320-80.jpg)
A Strange New Higgs Particle May Have Stolen the Antimatter from Our Universe
By Paul Sutter last updated
Physicists have proposed that a trio of particles called Higgs bosons could be responsible for the mysterious vanishing act of antimatter in the universe.
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Here's What Happens When a Higgs Boson Dies — and What It Means for Particle Physics
By Chelsea Gohd last updated
![The Large Hadron Collider occupies a circular underground tunnel nearly 17 miles (27 kilometers) in circumference.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BdTwWBgmCnimmNuq57nbbm-320-80.jpg)
The Large Hadron Collider: Inside CERN's atom smasher
By Andrew May, Daisy Dobrijevic published
Reference The Large Hadron Collider is the world's biggest particle accelerator. It's located at the European particle physics laboratory CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland.
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