September 10, 2008 (Wednesday)
- The Large Hadron Collider went online circulating beams of protons around the 17-mile (27 km) track. (Reuters)
- A gamma ray burst originating from 7.5 billion light-years away in the constellation Boötes on March 19th became the most distant object that could be seen with the naked eye. (Reuters)
Read more about this topic: September 2008 In Science
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