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Much has been spoken this week of the Higgs boson , which as shown on Wikipedia is “ a hypothetical subatomic particle that is the quantum of the Higgs field. [...] The Higgs boson is usually called the God particle God particle or “.

 Higgs Boson Linux, crucial in the discovery of the Higgs boson

probably heard that ye boson has been discovered at CERN , but not many people know is that this discovery had to use a lot of computing power, and most computing infrastructure that is based on Linux, and “specifically Scientific Linux and Ubuntu “.

So says one of those involved in the discovery, said on Reddit Linux is used daily in the analysis with tools like ROOT, developed by CERN itself and massive computations.

Good for Linux

once again. And above all, good for those scientists who manage to discoveries that will have a major impact in the knowledge of our origins. It escapes me a bit the magnitude of these findings, but it’s amazing how far we have come … with the help of Linux! :)

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Enjoy live shuttle launch of Discovery last

Today is the day that the shuttle Discovery will hold its last departure from our planet. This is the sixth attempt in which the NASA shuttle will take off after 5 unsuccessful attempts due to various flaws in various parts of the shuttle and severe weather.

Cape Canaveral

we see the launch live along with all the arrangements through the online channel NASA itself which is showing the world as are the hours before such an event, transmitting from dozens of cameras both outside and inside the shuttle itself, which may be the engineers and specialists working within the spacecraft, finalizing details and checking everything.

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According to NASA itself has commented, the Discovery is in good condition to launch, and is expected to help weather the shuttle during launch.

It should be mentioned that

Discovery will carry a multipurpose module to be added to the International Space Station, and take you there what will undoubtedly be the beginning of a new generation. The Discovery will be in charge of taking up the space station crew to the first non-human, the robot “Robonaut 2 ” (also known as R2).

This closes a lot of events related to the shuttle Discovery , 27 years have passed since the shuttle began its life, and this year just like his two brothers ( Endeavor and Atlantis), Discovery will make its last mission before becoming an important part of the museum.

To be able to view the launch preparations and subsequent events, here we leave the link to the official NASA channel, where you can view absolutely everything transmitted by the organization.

Link: NASA Official Channel