The Seeker Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Just stumbled across an old news post but I hadn't heard anything about it before now so http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=325&objectid=10400645 Deep underground on the Franco-Swiss border, someone will throw a switch next year to start one of the most ambitious experiments in history, probing the secrets of the universe and possibly finding new dimensions. The Large Hadron Collider - a 27km-long circular particle accelerator at the CERN experimental facility near Geneva, will smash protons into one another at unimaginable speeds trying to replicate in miniature the events of the Big Bang... Is it just me or does this seem a little Half Life-ish
Emperor Devon Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 I'll be following this closely. We know so little about the universe and its origins. Hopefully there'll be some answers within my lifetime.
MrWally Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 It's just a particle accelerator... nothing big. There's a 5 or 6 (something like that?) Mile long one basically across the street from me, called Fermilab. In fact, when we watched a video in science about Fermilab a few years back, you could see my house... it's not really a huge deal. They smash atoms and protons against eachother every day, and I haven't blown up yet.
Samuel Dravis Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Used to there was going to be one built here in Texas, but then they cancelled it. Too bad. Don't worry about those mini black holes, the amount of mass in them is very, very small and they will evaporate almost instantly.
coupes. Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 We have a tokamak in my hometown as well, but it hasn't been in operation since 1999, that's no big deal. These things do get bigger, but we also know more about nuclear fusion and how to operate them, so I don't really see a problem with it.
jon_hill987 Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 This new particle accelerator is our fastest yet... And potentialy the most unstable The general population don't need to know this, they would become all paranoid just like they do about nuclear reactors... The Scientists playing about with GM viruses have a better chance of killing us all.
Monkey Mania Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Scientists still can't explain where the matter that created the big bang came from.
Windu Chi Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 I'll be following this closely. We know so little about the universe and its origins. Hopefully there'll be some answers within my lifetime.Maybe they will find if the Force is real in this universe. Maybe they will create a wormhole in those experiments and finally help us get to the stars.
jebbers Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 if its call the big bang where do the babies come into play?
Windu Chi Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 if its call the big bang where do the babies come into play?What do you mean?
Sabretooth Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 This is really old. I've read up on it about four years ago. The thing isn't going to be bring aliens, so don't freak out. There was an article in Popular Science about this thing finding the Hibb's Particle (or something like that). Its an unusual particle which will help scientists look at the universe from a different perspective. In one of the letters to the editor, a fellow asked if this particle will be The Force. The editor answered that it could be, from what we know. Its really old and I don't remember much about that thing, but I'll dig it up and take a look.
MrWally Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Yeah, I remember learning about when they were still building it a couple years ago as well. Nice to hear their almost finished, though.
jebbers Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 What do you mean? the top of the window says "Baby Bang experiment..." were they going to toss babies into it?
MrWally Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 They basically mean a "Miniature Big Bang" Kind of like how a Baby is a "Miniature Adult" at least that's my guess?
Tyrion Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 They basically mean a "Miniature Big Bang" Kind of like how a Baby is a "Miniature Adult" at least that's my guess? The real Big Bang created the universe. If that's any sort of worthy gauge, then this "Baby" Big Bang will end up creating an explosion the size of, oh, the Milky Way.
MrWally Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 And have a 1 in 1*10^40 chance of destroying the Earth.
Dagobahn Eagle Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 the top of the window says "Baby Bang experiment..." were they going to toss babies into it? It'd appear catholic priests aren't the only pedophiles around. [Wonders if anyone will get this one]
jon_hill987 Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 It'd appear catholic priests aren't the only pedophiles around. [Wonders if anyone will get this one] I get it, it was a "pun" or play on words which notes that the word toss also has a slang meaning.
Windu Chi Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 This is really old. I've read up on it about four years ago. The thing isn't going to be bring aliens, so don't freak out. There was an article in Popular Science about this thing finding the Hibb's Particle (or something like that). Its an unusual particle which will help scientists look at the universe from a different perspective. In one of the letters to the editor, a fellow asked if this particle will be The Force. The editor answered that it could be, from what we know. Its really old and I don't remember much about that thing, but I'll dig it up and take a look. Did you mean the Higgs Boson? A particle that will give mass to elementary particles. Quantum Mechanics definition of mass or inertia: standing wave energy. Some scientists believe that zero point vacuum energy may be the Force in disguise. Einstein's, "spooky action at a distance" is a kind of FTL comunication, which is similar to the Force capabilities.
Sabretooth Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 Did you mean the Higgs Boson? A particle that will give mass to elementary particles. Quantum Mechanics definition of mass or inertia: standing wave energy. Some scientists believe that zero point vacuum energy may be the Force in disguise. Einstein's, "spooky action at a distance" is a kind of FTL comunication, which is similar to the Force capabilities. Precisely! You're my hero, windu6!
RoxStar Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 It'd appear catholic priests aren't the only pedophiles around. [Wonders if anyone will get this one] boo Go straight to Jail, do not pass go. Anywho, its just a particle accelerator. A wonderful thing to see, I've had the oppourtunity to go inside the bowels of one!
jebbers Posted October 22, 2006 Posted October 22, 2006 They basically mean a "Miniature Big Bang" Kind of like how a Baby is a "Miniature Adult" at least that's my guess? oh ok i get it, its relating to the size it will crate and not actually infants of the human kind...ok i was wondering about that.
Elijah Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 The origonal origin of the particle's that created the big bang came from where exactly?
Samuel Dravis Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 From the ether, of course. Actually it's more like since there is not much happening before the beginning of time, it kinda leaves that one open. Insert god of your choice or quantum effects...
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