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

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.

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NBC reports that the world's largest particle accelerator is scheduled to begin a new phase of operations in just a few weeks.

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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.

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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.

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The upgraded facility is designed to achieve a higher energy output and has advanced detection equipment capable of better examining the chaotic explosions.

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Scientists hope the upgraded experiment will shed light on the invisible particles that make up dark matter and help scientists explain our physical reality.

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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