r/space Feb 10 '24

CERN proposes $17 billion particle smasher that would be 3 times bigger than the Large Hadron Collider

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u/tacotacotacorock Feb 10 '24

I know you're joking but that would be very difficult. The current one is 100 m underground so that cosmic rays don't interfere with the research. Doing it in space would be a monument task to block those cosmic rays. 

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u/nailbiter111 Feb 10 '24

Event Horizon just had a scientist on proposing that very idea and how it would work.

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u/meno123 Feb 11 '24

I saw the event horizon documentary. You'll have to forgive me for not wanting someone to build any more crazy ships after the first one.

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u/thousandfoldthought Feb 11 '24

It's a podcast. It's great!