• Question: could we ever re-create the big bang theory with the hadron collider or even in outer space?

    Asked by furno47 to Betul, Bridget, Ceri-Wyn, Maria on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Bridget Waller

      Bridget Waller answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      Yes!! I think that is the ultimate goal of the project…it might not work of course, but it is a fairly admirable objective!! 🙂

    • Photo: Ceri-Wyn Thomas

      Ceri-Wyn Thomas answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      I’m not a particle physicist, so I’m not sure, but I think it goes something like
      this: The Big Bang theory explains how our universe formed, and explains why the various particles that we know about – protons, neutrons and electrons – exist. But it also predicts the existence of other particles, like the Higgs Boson, which have never been found yet. One of the aims of the CERN Hadron Collider is to look for this particle – if we find it then it will help confirm the Big Bang theory. I’m not sure if we could ever re-create the Big Bang, that would mean creating a whole new universe inside our own – my mind starts to bend when I start to think about things like that!

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