The Tevatron was a particle accelerator located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. It operated from 1983 until 2011 and was the world's highest-energy particle collider for many years. The Tevatron accelerated protons and antiprotons to nearly the speed of light, allowing scientists to study fundamental particles and forces. During its operation, the Tevatron made significant contributions to particle physics, including the discovery of the top quark in 1995. It provided valuable data that helped improve our understanding of the Standard Model of particle physics and paved the way for future research at larger colliders like the Large Hadron Collider.