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The end is nigh – creating black holes

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Scientists in the world’s largest particle physics laboratory CERN have developed the Large Hadron Collider, at a cost of close to $10 billion. The device is designed to create miniature black holes. Two particle beams are made to collide, like 400-ton trains traveling at 120 mph…big bang.

Does anyone know when the first test run of the trains will be?

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds – “J. Robert Oppenheimer

Doug……hmmmm

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4 Responses to “The end is nigh – creating black holes”

  1. Mark Walters said on March 27th, 2008 at 8:49 am

    Doug, I think it’s now set for May of this year. they’ve got problems cooling the giant magnets to the required 1.9 degrees kelvin (-271.25 degrees celsius).

    I’ve followed the chasing of the ‘God Particle’ for a few years and I think we’re very close to something spectacular, let’s just hope it’s not all gone in the blink of an eye.

    I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reasons, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -”Galileo Galilei”

    Cheers

    Mark

  2. Doug said on March 29th, 2008 at 7:30 pm

    I hope Galileo is right:)

  3. Doug said on March 31st, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    Just found this:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/science/29collider.html?ref=science

    Doug

  4. Doug said on April 7th, 2008 at 11:52 am

    Looks like people are taking CERN to court to stop this happening:

    http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/29/europe/physics.php

    Doug

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