CERN To Create Mini-Black Holes

Scientists in the world’s largest particle physics laboratory CERN have developed what is probably our planet’s coldest refrigerator. The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) recently reached -455.8º F (-271ºC,) a temperature that is colder than space.

The device was designed to combine sub-atomic particles to create miniature black holes. Using liquid helium, the LHC uses magnets to guide two beams of protons around a track, causing a collision. The super-cold temperature is needed to allow that current to flow without resistance.

CERN has received some criticism that their mini-black hole could destroy Earth, but experts have stated that the chance of that occuring are “totally miniscule.” We just breathed a sigh of relief at reading that comment as we are not yet ready to reach space by being involuntarily sucked into it.

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