aerial view of RHIC at Brookhaven Lab (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption An aerial view of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a 2.4-mile circumference particle collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory, showing the locations of the STAR and sPHENIX detectors. Run 23 will be the first for sPHENIX and the 23rd for STAR. Credit Brookhaven National Laboratory Usage Restrictions OK for use with stories about RHIC License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.