Back to the Big Bang: the journey your particles took on their way to becoming you

Take a journey back 13.8 billion years, to the very beginning of time. Discover how the Universe evolved to become what we see around us today. Try out the experiments to find out how scientists do their investigations. Are you ready to get transported through the different stages of the Universe? Design your own star and eject it out into space, play with the proton weighing scales and try your hand at trapping antimatter.

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Exploring the unknown: a contemporary art space

There are still many mysteries in the Universe that scientists are seeking to answer. Discover how the artists in residence on the Arts at CERN programme were inspired by their exchanges with CERN scientists to explore topics such as the emptiness of space, the invisible and space and time. Amongst the original works on display are a constantly moving, 3-dimensional shadow of a 4-dimensional object!