Scientists made a big advancement this week when the world's largest proton collider smashed atoms giving researchers a huge insight into the "big bang" theory and how dark matter and antimatter are created.
Some groups are protesting this giant machine saying it could create black holes in the earth that would eventually fall to the center and create a giant black hole that would destroy our planet and the solar system. Researchers for the project have called these accusations ludicrous.
I think that this is a great advancement for science because there are so little known about black holes and the dark matter that they consist of. Creating our own dark matter could let us know a lot about other dimensions because within dark matter time does not exist. Antimatter and dark matter could teach scientists a lot about matter within the solar system that we have no been able to create or measure in this way before. It makes me wonder where science will go next and what could come out of a huge machine like this. Scientists swear that the worst that could happen would be an explosion that would damage their facilities. Nuclear fission and splitting atoms has always been a concern among some in the past because radiation and the explosions that can result from splitting atoms are dangerous. However in this case, this machine is smashing atoms together at lightning speed producing new matter from collisions. Although we do not yet know what could happen if matter like this is created in large quantities, I think that this research is very exciting and fundamental to science.
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I also find this very exciting. It just seems so Dan Brown-ish.
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