The world's biggest physics experiment has succeeded in its first major test as a beam of protons was successfully fired all the way around a 27-kilometre tunnel beneath the Swiss-French border.
The protons travelled the full length Wednesday of the $3.8-billion Large Hadron Collider that scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe. There were a series of trial runs.
Scientists hope to see what the components of atoms are made of by smashing them together.
Last week the safety assessment group for the LHC published a review that dismissed fears that the collider would create universe-gobbling black holes or anti-matter destroying the Earth.
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The protons travelled the full length Wednesday of the $3.8-billion Large Hadron Collider that scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe. There were a series of trial runs.
Scientists hope to see what the components of atoms are made of by smashing them together.
Last week the safety assessment group for the LHC published a review that dismissed fears that the collider would create universe-gobbling black holes or anti-matter destroying the Earth.
Read full story
Are you concerned about the experiments? Is this the end of the world as we know it, or do you feel fine?
More...