Large Hadron Collider has successful test run

Posted in News, Science by Darrin Olson on September 10th, 2008

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has a successful test runIn what is probably the biggest physics experiment in history, today marks the first successful test of the Large Hadron Collidor in Geneva by sending a beam of protons through the the entire underground ring that makes up the world’s largest particle collider. The beam sent through travels through the 17 mile underground ring and nearly the speed of light and can make 11,000 laps through the tube every second.

Officials with CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) dubbed the test a success today and the next step will be to send a beam of protons through the tunnel in the opposite direction. Today’s beam went clockwise and the next trial will be to send the beam counter-clockwise.

If successful then the team will be able to work towards the ultimate goal of sending protons through the tunnel in both directions at the same time, having them collide to simulate what may have happened immediately after the “big bang”, which is theorized to have created the universe.

It seems that not everyone is as excited as the world-wide group of scientists involved in this experiment with successful tests. Some skeptics argue that the collision of particles in the collider could cause micro black-holes with strong gravitational pulls and potentially wreak havoc on the planet.

The Large Hadron Collider is still about a year away from operation at full power and could eventually lead to more information about dark matter and could even reveal new dimensions of space and time where previous smaller colliders could not.

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7 Responses to “Large Hadron Collider has successful test run”

  1. David Moore Says:

    Romans 1:22 states “Professing to be wise, they became fools”. So much time and money from “educated” people spent trying to prove a theory that is quite foolish. Couldn’t all that time and money be spent on humanitarian efforts rather than trying to disprove the Creation by God?

  2. DH Says:

    Religion aside… why don’t we spend those money on cancer research instead?

  3. Richard Thomas Says:

    There is a leaked video on You Tube from CERN (LHC Black hole simulation Large Hadron Collider CERN) there is more to this than meets the eye, the black hole is not the concern, it is the revelation that may shatter our perception of reality.

    The link is on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFYlbsTlCk0

  4. JTankers Says:

    The safety opposition alleges CERN is misrepresenting the certainty of safety and did not properly address compelling safety rebuttal papers by credible senior scientists including visiting professor of Physics Dr. Otto Rössler and Physics PHD Dr. Rainer Plaga.

    Dr. Steven Hawking estimates a 1% chance that micro black holes will be created by the Large Hadron Collider, CERN estimated possible micro black hole creation at one per second, micro black hole evaporation and cosmic ray safety arguments are disputed.

    Dr. Rössler (of Chaos theory and Endophysics fame) calculates possible danger, senior Physics PHD Dr. Rainer Plaga (wrote one of the reports refuting CERN’s safety conclusions) calculates possible danger, former Nuclear Safety Officer Walter L. Wagner (cosmic ray researcher and California Math champion) calculates possible danger.

    To demand a safety conference before high energy collisions begin contact LHCDefense.org

    LHCFacts.org

  5. mmm Says:

    dont u all get it? There is no GOD! stop living in fantasy & start living in reality! if there is a god,why are good & innocent people still suffering?

  6. Joel Says:

    not gonna lie, the idea of scientists experimenting with shit that might destroy the whole planet, a little freaky.

    i mean, technically a blackhole would essentially just swallow the planet and the solar system around us in a matter of seconds. right?

  7. clement Says:

    mmm ..you just proved in a nano second ,big bang of your foolishness.

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