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A Glimpse Inside the 'Big Bang' Machine
The $10 billion Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest scientific machine. Built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the atom smasher is intended to enact the conditions of the "Big Bang" -- to unlock the secrets of the universe.
- The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) plans to continue its research of the structure the universe, using the facility's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Swiss and French authorities added 17 miles of lights to the ring of the LHC, lighting up the night sky.read moreAP Photo/Keystone, Martial TrezziniShare
- A general view of the island Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) of the CERN Control Center in Prevessin, France, at the Swiss border near Geneva, where the operators prepare commissioning the LHC at CERN. The purpose of the CERN Control Center is to combine the control rooms of the laboratory's eight accelerators, pilot cryogenics and technical infrastructures.read moreAPShare
- A person looks at the giant magnet Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) being placed underground in the LHC accelerator at CERN, the European Particle Physics laboratory. The heaviest piece of the CMS particle detector has begun the momentous journey into its experimental cavern 100 meters underground. A huge gantry crane is slowly lowering the CMS detector's preassembled central section into place in the LHC accelerator at CERN. At 1,950 metric tons, the section, which contains the detector's solenoid magnet, weighs as much as five jumbo jets. Its descent took about 10 hours.read moreAPShare
- A view of the LHC in its tunnel at CERN near Geneva. A huge scientific experiment was launched September 10, 2008. It was described as an Alice in Wonderland investigation into the makeup of the universe, or dangerous tampering with Nature that could spell Doomsday for the Earth. The first beams of protons were fired around the 17-mile tunnel at the launch to test the controlling strength of the world's largest superconducting magnets. Some skeptics feared the LHC could create micro black holes and endanger the planet.read moreAPShare
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A Glimpse Inside the 'Big Bang' Machine
The $10 billion Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest scientific machine. Built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the atom smasher is intended to enact the conditions of the "Big Bang" -- to unlock the secrets of the universe.
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