Ten years ago, scientists were able to make sense of the universe using the Large Hadron collider. New insights on protons were unlocked in the year.
They plan to restart the particle accelerators this month in order to better understand dark matter.
Sarah Demers is a physics professor at Yale University.
When scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research spun and crashed particles together near the speed of light, it was the first time they'd seen the Higgs Boson particle. They used the world's most powerful particle collider to do that.
Physicists have been trying to find evidence for this particle since 1964.
Without the Higgs field, stars, planets and life wouldn't have arisen, according to scientists.
The evidence of the Boson's existence was a big deal in physics. The work in understanding how the universe works is not over despite the scientific achievement.
New insights into the structures of protons and how the Higgs Boson decays were given by the collider.
The collider will launch again on Tuesday after more than three years of maintenance and upgrades.
Demers, who is working on the third run at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, said that there needs to be more out there. We're talking about 96 percent of the universe being really big.
Dark matter is invisible matter that is believed to exist from observations of the universe and dark energy, which fuels the expansion of the universe. She hopes that the upcoming run will give her insight into the vast majority of our universe.
The answers to these and other intriguing questions will not only further our understanding of the universe at the smallest scales but may also help uncover some of the biggest mysteries of the universe as a whole.
The third run is expected to last for four years, and scientists are already working on the fourth run.
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