Right now, the most powerful physics machine ever constructed by man is running at maximum power after a major upgrade that took two years to complete. 

And recently, two different experiments reported that they may have discovered a particle that behaves in ways that cannot be explained with any existing physical laws, as Scientific American reports.

The Large Hadron Collider slams beams of subatomic particles — that are traveling at more than 99.999999% the speed of light — together in the most energetic head-on hits you can imagine.

The heaping piles of scientific data generated from these powerful mash-ups, and seen by giant detectors like the one above, is enough to fill 100,000 dual-layer, single-sided DVDs, each year! And this data is fueling countless science projects across the globe conducted by over 10,000 researchers, engineers, and students.