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Okay...so it is the big day. I'm actually typing this on Tuesday, the 9th of September. So if you are reading this then the earth wasn't destroyed...err...well the internet is still intact and so is whatever spaceship you've managed to stitch together. The above clip is the CERN lab explained [purpose, history, hubbub, etc.] in 3 minutes.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research known as CERN is the
world's largest particle physics laboratory, situated in the northwest
suburbs of Geneva on the Franco-Swiss border. The Large Hadron Collider
(LHC) will begin operations soon. On September 10th, the most
sophisticated particle accelerator will go online, injecting the first
circulation of accelerated particles. Actual experiments involving
collisions will occur once scientists are satisfied the LHC is fully
optimized and calibration is complete. The LHC has been undergoing
"cool-down" for some time, ensuring the LHC's eight sectors are
approaching the 1.9K (-271°C) operational temperature (that is 1.9
degrees above absolute zero). All going well, on September 10th, the
first beam will be accelerated to an energy of 450 GeV (0.45 TeV), the
preliminary step on the path to attaining particle energies of 5 TeV, a
record breaking target
After the jump is a clip if things went horribly awry today...