LHC Works and Here’s The First Picture!

Written by Jay Garrett on September 10, 2008 in: General Interest, News, science | Tags: , , , , , , ,

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), better known as the Black Hole Maker was switched on a couple hours ago, everyone survived and the first beam of protons made the 27km sprint smashing into an absorbing doopher called a collimator.

And this is the first pic from the thing :)

Apparently, and more to the point, worryingly, the LHC worked like a charm to the surprise of the present physicists.

Makes you feel nice a secure doesn’t it? 

Read more at the NewScientist.

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