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The Big Bang
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Supernovae
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A day on Mercury
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The rotating Moon
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Life on Mars
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Event horizons
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Dark matter
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Special relativity framework
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Why do we need a Large Hadron Collider?
Read now to access more details of Why do we need a Large Hadron Collider?If particle collisions like the ones in the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) are happening all the time, then why do we need to build the LHC?
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Dark energy
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Black holes
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