Posted by 4Lindsey on November 22, 2009 at 10:30pm
Last Friday, scientists in Europe made a breakthrough on a 10 billion dollar machine they had been working on for 15 years. This would have happened in September of last year, had there not been a power-outage that short-circuited the machine. Repairing the machine cost even more money and took the scientists almost a year to finish.The machine, called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is meant to helped scientists discover more about the supposed Big Bang Theory. They hope it will help them understand that possibility of how the universe formed, along with answering mysteries about dark mater, anti-matter, and "empty space" as it is called.The LHC is supposed to be able to direct streams of protons in opposite directions of each other through a circular tunnel (and therefore towards each other again) using powerful magnets. Scientists were surprised at how well this worked on Friday, and are hoping to continue their research as quickly and easily as events that night. They are planning to have begun and concluded experiments next year in 2010. Some of these experiments will include "crashing" the protons together, hopefully causing a small-scale explosion, and a possible re-enactment of the Big Bang.There have been other machines similar to the LHC, but none as large or complex, with the hopes of so many scientists riding with it. These machines, nicknamed "Atom Smashers" were all meant to study the formation and characteristics of atoms. The whole project is international, so scientists from around the world are sharing info on the subject with each other in friendly rivalry.capt.photo_1258745293434-3-0.jpgOne part of the LHC. It's really quit large....capt.8c254aefcbea474a95021d1a39cfda12.switzerland_big_bang_machine_gen801.jpgScientists of European Organization for Nuclear Research (better known with their French alias, CERN) rejoicing after the final repairs of the LHC proved successful.I thought this was an interesting article, even if it seems far away (near the Swiss-French border...) and irrelevant to my life. It just goes to show how much humans really DON'T know about things. There are lots of questions about the beginning of everything, and just as many explanations to attempt to answer them. I personally believe in creation, that God created the universe and everything in it. But, that doesn't mean the big bang theory couldn't have happened. I mean, think about it. God spoke, and BANG it was there, ya know? Anyways...i also believe that science is a tool God gave us so that we could learn more about the place he made for us. Doesn't that make sense?
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