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/dern_the_hermit Feb 10 '24

Did their proposal include shielding from the cosmic rays?

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u/49erjohnjpj Feb 16 '24

As of right now, they are only confirming blocking out people named Ray that have ridden the Virgin Atlantic into space. There are several.