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Traditional particle accelerators require massive, expensive cryogenic cooling systems to reach superconducting temperatures.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
The Amaterasu particle, named for the Japanese sun goddess, was first detected in 2021, carrying 40 million times more energy than particles accelerated by the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Said man, Carter Cho, seems to have got stuck in the loop following an accident inside a top-secret particle accelerator.
—Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
Neutron stars also have some of the strongest magnetic fields known in the universe — up to 10 trillion times the power of a refrigerator magnet, and enough turn gamma rays into electrons and positrons in a way manmade particle accelerators cannot hope to do, NASA explained.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
The Amaterasu particle, named for the Japanese sun goddess, was first detected in 2021, carrying 40 million times more energy than particles accelerated by the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Said man, Carter Cho, seems to have got stuck in the loop following an accident inside a top-secret particle accelerator.
—Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
Neutron stars also have some of the strongest magnetic fields known in the universe — up to 10 trillion times the power of a refrigerator magnet, and enough turn gamma rays into electrons and positrons in a way manmade particle accelerators cannot hope to do, NASA explained.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Particle accelerator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/particle%20accelerator. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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