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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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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
I hope Galileo is right:)
Just found this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/science/29collider.html?ref=science
Doug
Looks like people are taking CERN to court to stop this happening:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/29/europe/physics.php
Doug