Discover CERN online

If you cannot come to CERN, it is still possible to learn about CERN, its facilities and its research from the comfort of your own home. 

Here is a non-exhaustive list of the resources available online. You can also find many more resources for teachers and students on our educational resources but also on home.cern.

We have found 52 resources

Why our universe might exist on a knife-edge

TEDxCERN talk by theoretical physicist Gian Giudice

Google Street View

Walk through all the CERN sites on the surface and some of its emblematic facilities

LHC: le Grand Collisionneur

YouTuber "J'm'énerve pas, j'explique" tells us how the LHC works

ATLAScraft

Explore CERN in this world built within the game platform Minecraft using 3D blocks

Le prisonnier quantique

A free video game in French for teaching science, by CEA

Experience CERN 360°

Get an immersive introduction to LHC (in French)

TED-Ed animations made in collaboration with ...

Educational animated videos in English (with subtitles)

CMS activity book

Discover the CMS detector with drawings to be coloured in and other activities for kids

LHCb Experiment

Official YouTube channel of the LHCb experiment

How the Edge of Our Galaxy Defies Known Physi...

Dianna Cowern from "Physics Girl" speaks to CERN theoretical physicists about dark matter

How does the Large Hadron Collider work?

Short video by Science Channel about the LHC

CMS Experiment

Official YouTube channel of the CMS experiment

3 Secrets of CERN Physicists

Learn about the High-Luminosity LHC with YouTuber Trace Dominguez (Part III)

The Large Hadron Collider is Off; Here's Why....

Learn about the High-Luminosity LHC with YouTuber Trace Dominguez (Part I)

About CERN

CERN official website

Why This Stuff Costs $2700 Trillion Per Gram ...

YouTuber Dianna Cowern from "Physics Girl" visits the CERN Antimatter Factory

LHC Grid Computing

Discover the LHC Computing Grid with this virtual reality clip in English

Fabriquer un détecteur de particules au CERN

Dr Nozman and le Grand JD find out how to build a particle detector at CERN

LHC: connect the dots!

Learn how a particle detector works and help physicists find Higgs bosons!

The Higgs Discovery Explained

A mini-series showing how physicists observe and discover particles

Erkenntnisse vom CERN: Was die Welt im Inners...

Heinz Greuiling from Quark visits CERN and tells us about the Big Bang

Build Your Own (LEGO) Particle Detector

Plans and parts lists for you to create LHC detectors at home with LEGO

Accélérateurs de Particules

YouTuber "J'm'énerve pas, j'explique" tell us about particle accelerators

Inside The World's Largest Particle Accelerat...

Video by Seeker about the LHC

Voir l'invisible en couleur grâce à la physiq...

Video about applications of CERN technologies involving medical imaging, by Scilabus

CERNland

Virtual theme park with games, multimedia applications and films for kids

Introductory lectures on quantum computing

Free introductory lectures on quantum computing

Particle Identities

Find out which particle fits your personality best

Installation of GEM in CMS detector in 360°

Watch the live event from the CMS cavern and witness the installation of the GEM detectors

Les secrets d'Internet #3

YouTuber Le Grand JD visits CERN and tells us about the birth of the Web

ATLAS Experiment

Official YouTube channel of the ATLAS experiment

360° ATLAS Virtual Guided Tour

Follow a complete guided tour of the ATLAS experiment with Sascha in 360° video

Le LHC et l'expérience CMS

Visit the LHC and the CMS experiment with this virtual reality clip in French

ALICE and the soup of quarks and gluons

Comic book about the ALICE collaboration

Aux Frontières de la Physique

YouTuber "J'm'énerve pas, j'explique" tells us about accelerators and the limits of physics

CERN

CERN official YouTube channel

ALICE Experiment

Official YouTube channel of the ALICE experiment

Le LHC et le Data Centre

Discover the LHC Computing Grid with this virtual reality clip in French

360° panoramas

Walk through CERN's accelerator chain

Bead collisions

A collection of iron-on bead templates inspired by ATLAS physics

LHC and CMS

Visit the LHC and the CMS experiment with this virtual reality clip in English

Le LHC : J'ai visité le plus grand accélérate...

YouTuber David Louapre from "ScienceEtonnante" talks about the LHC

Fun with Physics

Recording of a science show about the different states of matter (in French)

Voyage au coeur de la matière

Fred and Jamie from "C'est pas sorcier" explain the LHC to kids

La matière noire

Immersive web documentary in French by CNRS and CEA about dark matter

The incredible Science of CERN

YouTuber Dominic Walliman from "Domain of Science" explains CERN

The LHC Will be 10X More Powerful Thanks to T...

Learn about the High-Luminosity LHC with YouTuber Trace Dominguez (Part II)

¿Qué es el LHC?

A video about the LHC in Spanish by Curso de física

Supersymmetry VS multiverse

YouTube channel ТОПЛЕС / Topless explores quantum physics at CERN

Recordings of public conferences at CERN

Selection of public events to watch (again) at home

Virtual Talks about CERN

Discover CERN in an interactive presentation from the comfort of your home

ATLAS Colouring Books

Free-to-download educational books about physics and the ATLAS experiment