PIX4650618: Desintegration of a Higgs boson - LHC ATLAS: Simulated Higgs decaying into four muons - Simulated disintegration of a Higgs boson into four muons (yellow traces) by the LHC ATLAS experience (Large Hadron Collider). This track is an example of simulated data modelled for the ATLAS detector on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The Higgs boson is produced in the collision of two protons at 14 TeV and quickly decays into four muons, a type of heavy electron that is not absorbed by the detector. The tracks of the muons are shown in yellow / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646038: Satellite Planck. Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Planck separating from the upper floor of the Ariane V rocket, 30 minutes after its launch. This satellite measures temperature fluctuations in the fossil radiation of the primordial universe. Planck separates from upper stage. Planck separated from the launcher about 30 minutes after launch, a couple of minutes after Herschel. The two spacecraft independently headed towards their respective orbits around the second Lagrange point of the Sun - Earth system (L2), some 1.5 million km from Earth in the direction opposite to the Sun. Planck is the first european mission to study the relic radiation from the Big Bang. Ever since the detection of small fluctuations in the temperature of this radiation, called Cosmic Microwave Background, astronomers have used the fluctuations to understand both the origin of the Universe and the formation of galaxies / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642528: Artificial satellite Sputnik 1 - Illustration - Artificial satellite Sputnik 1 - Illustration - Artist's view of the Sputnik satellite 1. This satellite was the first artificial satellite on Earth. Put into orbit on October 4, 1957, it rotated around the Earth in 97 minutes. Its only functionality was the broadcast of a “beep-beep” on radio waves / Bridgeman Images
PIX4608934: Andromede Galaxy - The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - The Andromede galaxy is located about 2.3 million years ago - light from Earth. Two satellite galaxies accompany it: M32 (NGC 221) at the top left of the nucleus, and M110 (NGC 205) at the bottom. Like the lactee path, the Andromede galaxy belongs to the local group, making up about thirty galaxies. M31, the Great galaxy in Andromeda, is a gigantic collection of more than 300 billion stars and is located about 2 million light years from Earth. Companion dwarf elliptical galaxies M32 and M110 are also visible. M31 and its companions are part of our local group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds, and M33. The Andromeda Galaxy is headed towards our Milky Way Galaxy and is expected to collide with it and possibly merge into a gigantic elliptical galaxy in about 3 billion years / Bridgeman Images
PIX4624236: Star sky on Mauna Kea Observatory - Mauna Kea observatory - Mauna Kea Observatory, 4200 meters, altitude, Hawaii, USA. From right to left, Nasa's 3-metre infrared telescope, Keck 1 and Keck 2 telescopes, Subaru. The Mauna Kea observatory, about 4,200 m height. Hawaii, USA. From right to left: the Nasa IRTF, Keck 1, Keck 2 and Subaru telescopes / Bridgeman Images
PIX4677585: Tungurahua - Ecuador - Volcano Tungurahua - Ecuador - Tungurahua is an active stratovolcano located in the Andes of Ecuador. It peaks at 5023 meters. Tungurahua is an active stratovolcano located in Cordillera Central of the Andes in Ecuador. Eruption feather seen in march 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4677077: Sulfur carrier in Kawah Ijen -Java, Indonesia - Sulfur porter at Kawah Ijen volcano -Java, Indonesia - Minor load of sulfur ore blocks extracted from the solfatare of the volcano Kawah Ijen on the island of Java in Indonesia. A miner is carrying sulfur from Kawah Ijen volcano. Island of Java, Indonesia / Bridgeman Images