How Does the ''LARGE HADRON COLLIDER'' Works?
By : SATYENDRA KUSHWAHA This Is THE EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH -- CERN . CERN IS HOME TO HALF OF THE WORLD'S PARTICLE PHYSICISTS AND THE BIGGEST PARTICLE-HUNTING MACHINE THAT HAS EVER BEEN BUILT, THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER, OR LHC. INSIDE THIS PIPE, TWO BEAMS OF PROTONS ARE SENT HURTLING AROUND A NEARLY 17-MILE LOOP BEFORE BEING SMASHED TOGETHER TO CREATE SUBATOMIC PARTICLES. IT RE-CREATES THE CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED JUST AFTER THE BIG BANG. THE BIG BANG WAS AN EXPLOSION THAT HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE UNIVERSE WHEN ALL MATTER WAS CREATED. SO THIS IS THE YEAR ZERO, SO IN THIS CONDITION THE UNIVERSE EXPANDED, GETTING COOLER WITH ITS ENERGY DISPERSING. ...TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE UNIVERSE NOW WHERE HUMANS EXIST, THAT'S 14 BILLION YEARS. OUR SUN WAS FORMED 9 BILLION YEARS AGO, WHILE THE FIRST STARS FORMED OVER 8 BILLION YEARS EARLIER. BUT THE LHC IS ABLE TO LOO...
