Large Hadron Collider to be launched Oct. 21 - Russian scientist

Posted by John Higgins under: Ezekiel 38-39 MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, will be officially unveiled on October 21, a Russian scientist said Tuesday. “And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:” —Ezekiel 38:3 LHC is a particle accelerator that will smash together opposing beams of protons to explore the validity and limitations of current particle physics theory. (Image gallery) “The collider is to be inaugurated on October 21,” said Alexander Vodopyanov, of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna). “This means at least one test-run of proton beams around the accelerator ring will be conducted prior to inauguration.” The scientist said all eight sections of... [read full story]