Hadron collider finally working properly

Physicists at the European Center for Nuclear Research finally had a reason to celebrate on Tuesday as their Large Hadron Collider finally performed properly. Deep beneath the meadows near the Swiss-French countryside are the tunnels that contain the hadron collider at CERN where scientists have been seeking insight into the Big Bang Theory that many believe was the spark that gave birth to the universe. The collider was constructed deep underground in 17 miles of tunnels at a cost of $10 billion and took 16 years of work to reach Tuesday’s outcome.

The researchers at CERN built the hadron collider in an attempt to collide subatomic particles in an effort to get a closer look at how the Big Bang could have occurred. The machine, the largest physics machine in the world, whipped protons around a 17-mile long magnetic racetrack at 99% of the speed of light, generating energy levels of 3.5 trillion electron volts apiece. The protons collided in a series of microscopic, soundless booms that elicited cheers and applause from scientists crowded into control rooms at CERN’s complex.

Scientists around the globe greeted Tuesday’s news with joy, believing the accomplishments of physicists at CERN will open the door to new studies in their field. Most importantly many have been staking their future on the hadron collider revealing new secrets about the universe.