Posted 3/28/2024, 8:30:11 PM
CERN to Restart Particle Collider on Solar Eclipse Day to Probe Mysteries of the Universe
- CERN to restart $4 billion Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator on April 8, 2023 to search for dark matter
- LHC works by accelerating protons in a 17-mile ring tunnel near speed of light and smashing them together
- Previously confirmed existence of Higgs boson “God particle” in 2012, which gives particles mass
- Experiment scheduled for same day as Great North American Solar Eclipse viewable by 32 million
- Purpose is to test predictions of particle physics and measure properties of Higgs boson to understand origins of universe