CERN's Future Circular Collider Gains Momentum with New Leadership

Incoming CERN director Mark Thomson advocates for the ambitious project to advance particle physics.

Mark Thomson, set to become CERN's director-general in 2026, strongly supports the Future Circular Collider (FCC) project.
The FCC aims to be a 91-kilometer particle collider, significantly larger than the existing Large Hadron Collider.
CERN's current collider, the LHC, is expected to complete its operational life by 2040, prompting plans for the FCC.
The FCC is estimated to cost around $17 billion, with feasibility studies currently underway.
Thomson emphasizes the collider's potential to explore dark matter and deepen understanding of the Higgs boson.