The people who brought you the World Wide Web, CERN, are about to begin experimenting with a new shiny toy. It’s called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and it’s the world’s biggest particle accelerator, located underneath Switzerland.
According to the official time table:
As of August 2008 the majority of the LHC ring is now cooled to the 1.9 K (−271.25 °C) operating temperature. The initial particle beams are due for injection in August 2008,[8] the first attempt to circulate a beam through the entire LHC is scheduled for September 10, 2008,[9] and the first high-energy collisions are planned to take place after the LHC is officially unveiled, on October 21, 2008.
Many people fear the LHC might cause the formation of a black hole, that would devour Earth and everyone in it. We certainly hope not, and we’ll soon all find out for ourselves.
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