First-ever collisions of oxygen at the Large Hadron Collider

Well, get ready for some Mandela effects over the next couple of days, right? Or so the conspiracy theorists would speculate… From 29 June to 9 July, the LHC will switch to special operations: two days of proton–oxygen ion collisions, followed by—additional firsts—two days of oxygen–oxygen collisions and one day of neon–neon collisions, with several … Read moreFirst-ever collisions of oxygen at the Large Hadron Collider

Well, This Is Weird: Earth Might Have Its Shortest Day Ever This Summer?

File this under “things you don’t think about until they start messing with satellites.” It turns out that sometime this summer, we could experience the shortest day ever recorded—not because of daylight savings, not because of anything human-made, but because Earth itself might spin just a little bit faster. Graham Jones, an astrophysicist at the … Read moreWell, This Is Weird: Earth Might Have Its Shortest Day Ever This Summer?