Large Hadron Collider

200827 km circumferenceCERN
LocationSwitzerland/France
Year2008
Size27 km circumference
OperatorCERN

About Large Hadron Collider

The worlds largest and most powerful particle accelerator. Discovered the Higgs boson in 2012. 27 km of superconducting magnets 100 m underground. Collides protons at 99.9999991% the speed of light. Over 10,000 scientists from 100 countries collaborate.