Hadron on Collision Course…Really!

September 9, 2008 by Godfather · Leave a Comment 

I didn’t want to leave anyone wondering what had happen since my post June 30th on the Hadron Collider.

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“Doomsday” Machine Ready to Start Testing

June 30, 2008 by Godfather · 3 Comments 

Ok, maybe not “doomsday” but the results will prove interesting when the Swiss fire up the Hadron Collider this August. 

In a nutshell, Hadron is a ring of supercooled magnets (17 miles in circumference) attached to huge barrel-shaped detectors and buried 330 feet underground. 

The goal is to hunt for signs of the invisible “dark matter” and “dark energy” that make up more than 95% of the universe. The Hadron could even find other dimensions. 

The risk of turning this thing on? 

Well, several scientists think the risk of catastrophic danger to our planet is only about one in 50 million – Hey wait, that is about the same odds as buying a lottery ticket.