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The Large Hadron Collider: The World’s Biggest Physics Machine
- The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator on Earth.
- It sits in a 27-kilometer circular tunnel beneath the border of Switzerland and France.
- The LHC smashes protons together at nearly the speed of light.
- It uses superconducting magnets cooled to colder than outer space with liquid helium.
- In 2012, the LHC confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson, a landmark discovery.
- Each collision recreates conditions from fractions of a second after the Big Bang.
- The LHC involves thousands of scientists from over 100 countries.
- Its massive detectors, like ATLAS and CMS, record particle collisions in incredible detail.
- Beyond the Higgs, the LHC searches for dark matter, extra dimensions, and new particles.
- It is not only a machine but a global scientific collaboration pushing human knowledge forward.