October 10, 2008: Here’s what didn’t happen on Sept. 10th:
The world did not end. Switching on the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator near Geneva, Switzerland, did not trigger the creation of a microscopic black hole. And that black hole did not start rapidly sucking in surrounding matter faster and faster until it devoured the Earth, as sensationalist news reports had suggested it might.
Of course, because you’re alive and reading this article today, you already knew that. Currently the accelerator, an underground ring 5 miles across called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), has been shut down for repairs. But once the immensely powerful machine starts back up, is there a chance that the doomsday scenario could still occur? …
There are those that suggest a disastrous scenario that could come from the CERN LHC (Large Hadron Collider). That is the creation of a black hole or mini black holes. These allegations are not all without foundation.
Check out the major disaster that some think could be the result of using the CERN LHC.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research known as CERN is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. CERN is located in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco-Swiss border. It was established in 1954. The organization has twenty European member states, and is currently the workplace of approximately 2,600 full-time employees, plus some 7,931 scientists and engineers (representing 500 universities and 80 nationalities).
CERN’s main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research.
