An ATLAS event with 2 photons
The 2 photons are indicated by the clusters of energy shown in green. (Image: CERN)

Elementary particles gain their mass from a fundamental field associated with the Higgs boson

3d view photo of the LHC Machine.
(Image: CERN)

The 27-kilometre LHC is the world's largest particle accelerator. It collides protons or lead ions at energies approaching the speed of light

Bubble chamber: Omega production and decay
This image is taken from one of CERN's bubble chambers and shows the decay of a positive kaon in flight. The decay products of this kaon can be seen spiraling in the magnetic field of the chamber. (Image: CERN)

The Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter. So why is there far more matter than antimatter in the universe?

The first web server: this machine was used by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990 to develop and run the first WWW server, multi-media browser and web editor.
Le premier serveur WWW: en 1990, sur cette machine Tim Berners-Lee developpa le premier serveur WWW, le navigateur multi-média et l'éditeur web. (Image: CERN)

The World Wide Web, invented at CERN in 1989 by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee, has grown to revolutionise communications worldwide