25 Years Since First Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

25 Years Since First Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Twenty-five years ago tonight, at just about 9 p.m. in Upton, New York, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), began colliding gold ions for the first time. The startup of this flagship U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility at DOE' Brookhaven National Laboratory marked the beginning of a new era in nuclear physics research.