* Astronomy

Happy 20th Birthday CMS

The CMS Letter of Intent was completed 20 years ago this month.
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European particle physics refreshes long-term strategy

Some 500 particle physicists meeting in Krakow this week have been debating the long-term future of their field at the CERN Council Open Symposium on the European Strategy for Particle Physics. This symposium comes at a turning point for the field, following hot on the heels of the announcement in July by CERN1 experiments ATLAS and CMS of the discovery of a new particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs boson: a discovery that sets the direction for future particle physics research. Although the LHC results have dominated the headlines, other areas, such as neutrino physics, have also seen important advances over recent years.
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What will happen at the CERN Tweetup?

On Wednesday 25 July 2012, CERN is organising its first ever tweetup to coincide with a special visit of six astronauts from ESA and NASA. You could be one of a handful of @CERN Twitter followers who will experience an unforgettable day.
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Neutrino production moves to an industrial scale

The Neutrino Factory is designed to generate the intense beams of high-energy neutrinos required to fathom the behaviour of neutrinos and cast light on fundamental questions in particle physics and beyond.
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