http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.c ... d=10400645

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deep underground on the Franco-Swiss border, someone will throw a switch next year to start one of the most ambitious experiments in history, probing the secrets of the universe and possibly finding new dimensions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Large Hadron Collider - a 27km-long circular particle accelerator at the CERN experimental facility near Geneva, will smash protons into one another at unimaginable speeds trying to replicate in miniature the events of the Big Bang.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"These beams will have the kinetic energy of an aircraft carrier slammed into the size of a zero on a 20p piece," Brian Cox of Manchester University told the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"We are going to make mini Big Bangs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"There has never been such a jump in particle physics. It will go into an area that we don't really understand," he added.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fundamental goal of the massive machine is to answer the basic but crucial question of how matter was created at the birth of the universe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"We don't know what 95 per cent of the universe is made of - which is a bit embarrassing for a subject that claims to be fundamental," Dr Cox said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"There is dark matter. It is all over the place but we have no idea what it is."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"There is also something called dark energy, and that is an even bigger question.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"It makes up about 70 per cent of the energy in the universe, but again we have absolutely no idea what it is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"It is an incredibly exciting machine. It will be turned on next year and run for at least a decade and probably 20 years and the first results - if the machine behaves itself - should start coming out within a year," he added.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the theories are correct, the machine will create tiny black holes that evaporate and possibly even find particles that offer evidence that the three dimensions known to mankind are just a fraction of those that exist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"That would be an even bigger headline than the black holes. It could be that there is a whole new universe a millimetre away from our heads but at right-angles to the three dimensions that are here," Dr Cox said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"That would be a real paradigm shift - our relegation to a little sheet in a multi-dimensional universe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"That kind of thing is really profound and will capture the imagination that perhaps the origin of mass won't, although it should.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"For the first time in many decades we have built a machine that exceeds our powers of prediction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"New processes are bound to be discovered. We are truly journeying into unknown territory."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Cox dismissed worries that by adventuring into the unknown and creating tiny black holes, the machine could even destroy the planet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The probability is at the level of 10 to the minus 40," he said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MINI BANGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Scientists aim to reproduce miniature versions of the so-called Big Bang, which is thought to have started the universe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* To do this they will smash protons together at huge speeds along a 27km tube known as a particle accelerator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* They hope to create tiny black holes or find extra dimensions in the universe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* They estimate the possibility of accidentally destroying the planet as extremely low.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* The risk is calculated at about 10 to the minus 40 - a 1 in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 chance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- REUTERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discuss.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note, of course, the reassuring line I bolded above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I know the article is from last September.

Ever since I read Angels and Demons, I knew CERN would be the first to do something extraordinary.

Ever since I read Angels and Demons, I knew CERN would be the first to do something extraordinary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh ya, that Dan Brown... he knows his stuff.

They've already created mini-black holes in labs and stuff and they evaporated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Though, there is a chance they floated to the center of the Earth and are currently munching up matter; getting bigger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But we won't know for thousands of years, so...Screw it! Throw the switch and bring on the Star Trek!

Very interesting article.

I just hope the Earth isn't the 1 from the 1 in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000! :ohnoes:

They've already created mini-black holes in labs and stuff and they evaporated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Though, there is a chance they floated to the center of the Earth and are currently munching up matter; getting bigger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But we won't know for thousands of years, so...Screw it! Throw the switch and bring on the Star Trek!

 

 

 

I lawled at that. I don't know why. :lol: :oops:

omg :shock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this caint be good :!:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

were all gonna die :boohoo:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

we cant do anything about it :wall:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but all the flamers and noobs will die too :-k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i wonder if there is rs in heaven :pray:

I should print out a copy of this article and use it to help convince girls to sleep with me on the off-chance that the world will end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't say that the girlfriend would be too happy with that, though...

I should print out a copy of this article and use it to help convince girls to sleep with me on the off-chance that the world will end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't say that the girlfriend would be too happy with that, though...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol, keep it clean, dont let this post get locked :thumbsup:

I should print out a copy of this article and use it to help convince girls to sleep with me on the off-chance that the world will end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't say that the girlfriend would be too happy with that, though...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come on, when has that ever worked out flawlessly?

 

I should print out a copy of this article and use it to help convince girls to sleep with me on the off-chance that the world will end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't say that the girlfriend would be too happy with that, though...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come on, when has that ever worked out flawlessly?

 

 

 

It's only a matter of time before it happens on South Park...:lol: :P

They estimate the possibility of accidentally destroying the planet as extremely low.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honestly, why do this if there is even a chance to destroy the planet. They should devote the billions of dollars they are using on this thing for something a bit more fundemantel. Such as better fuel, flying cars( :D ), or possibly cleaning up the world.

 

They estimate the possibility of accidentally destroying the planet as extremely low.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honestly, why do this if there is even a chance to destroy the planet. They should devote the billions of dollars they are using on this thing for something a bit more fundemantel. Such as better fuel, flying cars( :D ), or possibly cleaning up the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty much everything those crazy scientists do very may well apply to any of the above. :P

Either this has been in the works for a long time, or its old. I remember seeing this about 4 years ago on the discovery channel. Dont think it succeeded though...

If it all works out, we may see USA with its first partical beam weaponary for military tactics, woo!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Defender~

If it all works out, we may see USA with its first partical beam weaponary for military tactics, woo!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Defender~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yay for death? :-s

Ever since I read Angels and Demons, I knew CERN would be the first to do something extraordinary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats exactly what i thought of as soon as i read "Deep Underground Lab"

 

 

 

Bring on the dark-matter!

Ever since I read Angels and Demons, I knew CERN would be the first to do something extraordinary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or something extremely foolish. :-k

i also read somewhere that they are making another one close to 50km in length..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

personally, getting sucked into a black hole would be sweet... that would be a cool way to die..

how may i go about creating one of these.. big bangs :lol:

i also read somewhere that they are making another one close to 50km in length..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

personally, getting sucked into a black hole would be sweet... that would be a cool way to die..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pity dieing itself isnt a cool activity, so there is no cool way to die...

 

i also read somewhere that they are making another one close to 50km in length..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

personally, getting sucked into a black hole would be sweet... that would be a cool way to die..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pity dieing itself isnt a cool activity, so there is no cool way to die...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gotta die sometime, why not die in a spectacular way, like getting hit my a meteor, watching the world end, or get sucked into a black hole? hmmm?

Or, ya know, we could not be emo and love life right now :-s

 

 

i also read somewhere that they are making another one close to 50km in length..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

personally, getting sucked into a black hole would be sweet... that would be a cool way to die..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pity dieing itself isnt a cool activity, so there is no cool way to die...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gotta die sometime, why not die in a spectacular way, like getting hit my a meteor, watching the world end, or get sucked into a black hole? hmmm?

Because endless darkness is scary :ohnoes: .