So, Will the World End Today?

Large Hadron Collider

Today, September 10 Wednesday, scientists will recreate the origin of the universe- the Big Bang- through what they call LHC (Large Hadron Collider). Some are concerned about the potential danger it will bring.  They claimed that a black hole may form out of it hence putting the entire planet and maybe the entire solar system in jeopardy.

LHC Safety Assessment Group put up a website to protest the experiment. Last June 30, CNN has published this interesting article.

These are the highlights:

• The machine has been called the largest scientific experiment in history
• It straddles the French and Swiss border and is buried 330 feet underground
• Scientists will hunt for signs of invisible “dark matter” and “dark energy”
• The safety of the powerful collider has been debated for years

So should we worry now?

“Obviously, the world will not end when the LHC switches on,” said project leader Lyn Evans.

“The LHC is only going to reproduce what nature does every second, what it has been doing for billions of years,” said John Ellis, a British theoretical physicist at CERN.

Okay, that’s good to know. I am hoping that it would result to more breakthroughs in science so we could understand our planet and the universe a little better.