Large Hadron Collider News Update – Protons Smashed at 99% Speed of Light

Here’s the breaking news update regarding the latest experiment on the Large Hadron Collider – the New Era of Physics is upon us. As you see in the photo above, the scientists from CERN – European Organization for Nuclear Research are clapping their hands in joy after Large Hadron Collider, their $10 Billion project that took 16 years to realize has successfully directed subatomic particles – two proton beams into each other, smashing them at three times more force than ever before. The beams reached 99% of the speed of light.

CERN scientists are now analyzing the data collected and are hoping to find smaller particles and make other discoveries that may revolutionize the world of physics. Large Hadron Collider is 17 miles in circumference and capable of whipping up the energy levels of protons to 3.5 trillion electron volts each. It is possible that this proton collision will cast some light on the beginning of the world, the dark matter and “higgs” – obscure and out of reach particles believed to imbue other particles with mass.

Once Large Hadron Collider is brought to its intended capacity, that will be a whole different news update. When that is achieved, the protons will be accelerated to 7 trillion electron volts and when smashed against each other at such energy level, the particles and forces that ruled the world and time as we know it during the first trillionth of a second of its existence will be revealed.

CERN Geneva Photo by Fabrice Coffrini – Agence France-Presse, Getty Images

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