Big Bang Theory for $300 Alex
Words: Marly Pierre-Louis • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: RANDOMNESS.
Compact Muron Solenoid- one of the collider\'s particle detectors
Whether or not you believe in the Big Bang Theory, you have to admit this stuff is dope…. or… I could just be a bigger nerd then I suspected.
If you haven’t heard already, scientists in Geneva have launched preliminary experiments to test the Big Bang Theory. In case, you were asleep during science class, the Big Bang Theory is… well, look it up yourself. You should’ve been awake. So anyway, apparently scientists from the European Organzation for Nuclear Research are trying to prove the origins of the universe and obtain information on how matter and mass was created. For the test, engineers built some massive contraption called the Large Hadron Collider. Thirteen years in the making, the LHC is the largest and most complex machine ever made. The way it works is they begin by sending a beam of protons clockwise through a 17-mile circular underground tunnel. Then they sent a beam of protons in the opposite direction. Eventually they plan on sending the sub-atomic particles at the same time in opposite directions near the speed of light forcing them to collide. The crash created may replicate events similar to what supposedly occurred when the universe formed. They’re going to use a machine called an ATLAS detector that will snap photos of the conditions within the tunnel. ”No matter what we find, we will be unlocking the secrets of the universe.” ” said Jim al-Khalili, a physicist at Britain’s University of Surrey.
Critics of the experiment are worried that the collision could create a black hole into which the planet will be sucked in! I don’t know about you guys, but I’m amped to see what happens.
Thoughts?
Read More: European Organization for Nuclear Research, Large Hadron Collider
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I’m hecka scurred. They are playing with fire!
because there was nothing that we could use that $3.8M for anyway, huh? lol
After launching to great fanfare on Sept. 10, the world’s largest particle collider is now out of commission and won’t be back online for at least two months. Scientists hope to use the $3.8 billion machine to recreate the “big bang,” the explosion that created the universe.
this is mind-boggling, and nothing against proponents of ‘God’ creating the universe, but i’d like to see if they can find some actual evidence such as this experiment. if the big-bang can become more than just a theory, the day that happens will be a monumental one.