Tag: Electrons

Dancing with Electrons: Lord Shiva at CERN

Geneva, Switzerland, where the whispers of particle accelerators and the hum of scientific inquiry fill the air, stands a curious figure: a bronze statue of Lord Shiva, the cosmic dancer. This unlikely juxtaposition of ancient deity and modern physics laboratory has sparked fascination and debate fo...

The Sun is Charged!

The Sun is a nuclear reactor made of mostly electrons and protons. Both fluids are heated by nuclear fusion reactions to a central temperature of about fifteen million degrees Kelvin. This creates an immense pressure that, left to its own devices, would have exploded the Sun in a few hours. We owe o...