Five developments in space, time and fusion
by Ian Tucker from on (#47C3A)
Projects from gravitational wave detection to viewing the Milky Way and generating thermonuclear power march ahead
Cern has announced plans for a Future Circular Collider. The 17.8bn machine would smash particles together inside a 62-mile tunnel - four times the size of the Large Hadron Collider. If funding can be secured, scientists hope the machine would be operational by the 2050s.
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