Remarkableriots Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cern-large-hadron-collider-shutting-down-2-years?tgt=nr Quote The world’s most powerful particle accelerator has gone quiet. Particles took their last spin around the Large Hadron Collider on December 3 before scientists shut the machine down for two years of upgrades. Located at the particle physics laboratory CERN in Geneva, the accelerator has smashed together approximately 16 million billion protons since 2015, when it reached its current energy of 13 trillion electron volts. Planned improvements before the machine restarts in 2021 will bring the energy up to 14 trillion electron volts — the energy it was originally designed to reach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 I was going to make a joke about how humanity is then safe for another couple years, but immediately had to reconsider in light of the state of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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