CERN's Latest LHC Experiment Aimed at Explaining the Mystery of Dark Matter

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CERN's Latest LHC Experiment , Aimed at Explaining , the Mystery of Dark Matter .
NBC reports that the world's largest
particle accelerator is scheduled to begin
a new phase of operations in just a few weeks. .
NBC reports that the world's largest
particle accelerator is scheduled to begin
a new phase of operations in just a few weeks. .
The Large Hadron Collider is a vast ring of tunnels and detector caverns deep underground that spans over 5 miles across and 16 miles around.
The LHC uses powerful magnets to accelerate
beams of protons and atomic nuclei
around this massive underground ring. .
The accelerator then brings them together
causing a series of high-energy
collisions at near the speed of light.
CERN, the international organization
that runs the LHC, has been upgrading
the accelerator for the past three years. .
The upgraded facility is designed to achieve a higher energy output and has advanced detection equipment capable of better examining the chaotic explosions. .
Scientists hope the upgraded experiment will shed light
on the invisible particles that make up dark matter
and help scientists explain our physical reality. .
NBC reports that the LHC is currently being
tested at low-power, and the first collisions of the
accelerator's third phase operation will begin on July 5.
The reopening comes one day after the 10th anniversary of the LHC's greatest achievement:
the discovery of the Higgs boson on July 4 of 2012.
The reopening comes one day after the 10th anniversary of the LHC's greatest achievement:
the discovery of the Higgs boson on July 4 of 2012