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Why don’t spacecraft travel at the speed of light currently? The answer to this involves a lot of complicated physics that Einstein and a lot of physicists were able to dumb down for us! Traveling at the speed of light requires a lot of energy, like an infinite amount!

One hundred years ago, Werner Heisenberg retreated to the island of Helgoland, where he built the foundations of the first full formulation of quantum mechanics. But let’s take a step back: who actually started the quantum revolution? And how did physicists begin to understand the concept of quantification?

Let’s talk about mysterious particles that, at least in theory, could move faster than light.

Now that we're up to speed, let’s dive deeper into the fascinating inner workings of modern particle colliders, especially the most powerful one ever built: the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Have you ever questioned how we’ve come to understand the intricate world of particle physics? How did we unearth the existence of those mind-boggling fundamental particles? Or how do we validate our theories surrounding every fundamental particle? The answer lies in the remarkable collisions occurring within particle accelerators!

Have you ever imagined two particles, separated by galaxies, somehow sharing a secret connection? That if you measure one, the other instantly reacts, even if it’s light-years away?

Imagine for a moment that we suddenly doubled the number of fundamental particles in the Standard Model. Sounds mind-boggling, right?

Did you know that our universe runs on four fundamental forces?

Have you ever wondered if there is a mirror version of our world? A realm where everything is just like here, but with opposite properties?

Did you ever stop to wonder what matter is made of? What are the fundamental ingredients of everything we touch and see?

What exactly is particle physics? What does particle physics study? When you think about it, what image comes to your mind?

This event can be imagined as slow-motion footage of two water-filled balloons bursting upon collision.

Before the 1970s there was a complete zoo of particles and a huge misunderstanding of their interactions and properties.

Did you know that Albert Einstein did not win the Nobel Prize in 1921 due to the Theory of Relativity?