Explore the full date: Today in History – September 10.
September 10, 2008 | The Large Hadron Collider Circulates Its First Beam
On September 10, 2008, CERN successfully steered the first proton beam around the full 27-kilometre Large Hadron Collider.
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William Lassell Discovers Triton: 10 October 1846
On 10 October 1846, William Lassell discovered Triton, Neptune’s largest moon—a captured icy world later revealed…
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LCROSS Strikes the Moon and Finds Water: 9 October 2009
On 9 October 2009, NASA’s LCROSS mission struck Cabeus crater, sampled the plume and confirmed water…
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Sputnik 1 Launches on 4 October 1957: The Signal That Changed the Space Age
A small Soviet sphere entered orbit on 4 October 1957. Sputnik’s radio signal made an engineering…
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Pioneer Venus 1 Sends Its Final Signal on 8 October 1992
Pioneer Venus 1 sent its final signal on 8 October 1992 before entering Venus’s atmosphere, ending…
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