November 26, 2012
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter An online simulator for galactic collisions (Adrian Price-Whelan/Columbia University) Have you ever had the desire to build your own galaxies, setting your own physical parameters and including as many stars as you want, and then smash them together like two toy [...]
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July 19, 2009
Particle accelerators are devices that propel and accelerate particles, the usual purpose of which is to smash them into smaller pieces. As such, they are also known as atom smashers. A cathode ray tube like your old television set can be considered a particle accelerator since it accelerates electrons along the tube using an electric [...]
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