What's Inside of An Atom? [ENCORE]
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
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How Does a Particle Accelerator Actually Work?
Idios. Atige is talking about a particle accelerator, or also called a particle colider. And these are massive scientific instruments that physicists have built to crack open those atoms. It's this huge tunnel that's like no kilometers long as it's buried under the surface. Inside the tunnel is a very thin beam of particles. These particles need a lot of runaway to get going really, really fast,. Like how fast? Like road runner fast. 99 point nine nine nine % the speed of light.
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