Scientists at a physics laboratory outside Chicago and a mile beneath the Earth’s surface in a former South Dakota gold mine on Friday celebrated the launch of an improbable physics experiment that will shoot subatomic particles through 800 miles of rock and dirt to study some fundamental cosmic riddles. The more than $1 billion experiment, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy; CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research;...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 21, 2017 22:15 UTC