If we are not here the day after tomorrow then I love you all. If we are, this post is pointless, except to talk about something interesting that is going on tomorrow (Wednesday September 10th).
Tomorrow a Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which is a 16.9 mile ring shaped tunnel at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) along the border of France and Switzerland will be switched on. This is interesting on multiple fronts. Most of this shit is over my head but what I have gleaned from it is it’s used to accelerate sub-atomic particles by spinning them around this structure to make them move near the speed of light before slamming them together. And some how this is supposed to tell scientists how matter is formed. And also can explain what dark matter is (stuff that holds galaxies together but cannot be seen). Second it can tell scientists how the Universe was formed, i.e. Big Bang Theory.
On the reverse side, some fanatic, crazy, or just plain paranoid people are sending death threats to some of the scientists working on the project saying they are going to destroy the world. Apparently this machine or experiment could potentially cause tiny black holes, which would in turn swallow matter and destroy earth. But I doubt that will happen. If it were a possibility I'm pretty sure Stephen Hawking (pretty much the king of Astrophysics and Black Holes) would be flipping out right about now.
Anyways, take a gander at these articles for more information on the LHC.
Tomorrow a Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which is a 16.9 mile ring shaped tunnel at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) along the border of France and Switzerland will be switched on. This is interesting on multiple fronts. Most of this shit is over my head but what I have gleaned from it is it’s used to accelerate sub-atomic particles by spinning them around this structure to make them move near the speed of light before slamming them together. And some how this is supposed to tell scientists how matter is formed. And also can explain what dark matter is (stuff that holds galaxies together but cannot be seen). Second it can tell scientists how the Universe was formed, i.e. Big Bang Theory.
On the reverse side, some fanatic, crazy, or just plain paranoid people are sending death threats to some of the scientists working on the project saying they are going to destroy the world. Apparently this machine or experiment could potentially cause tiny black holes, which would in turn swallow matter and destroy earth. But I doubt that will happen. If it were a possibility I'm pretty sure Stephen Hawking (pretty much the king of Astrophysics and Black Holes) would be flipping out right about now.
Anyways, take a gander at these articles for more information on the LHC.
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2 comments:
Hey, reckon how Stephen Hawking would flip out? I mean what do you think it would look or sound like if he did.
Just wonderin'
jas
I think it would look something like the Timmy vs Jimmy fight in South Park.
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