CERN Timepix chips fly to the Moon

Timepix, Tracking Particle, Industry, Medipix

Six Timepix chips developed at CERN will measure the radiation environment in the spacecraft that will orbit the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II mission. At 00:35 CEST today, the mission of Artemis II successfully began, marking the first manned trip to the Moon since 1972. During their ten-day journey in the Orion spacecraft, the four … Read more

Close encounters reveal hidden secrets of power

The Blueprint

Deep inside every atom is an unstable world of quarks and gluons – the tiny building blocks that hold everything together, from rocks to stars. For decades, physicists have been trying to understand how these particles behave, especially under extreme conditions. “We need to know how these gluons behave in these extreme conditions because gluons … Read more