Large Hadron Collider: 9 hours before launch

Perhaps in 9 hours 55 minutes or a little later, human civilization will cease to exist, and our planet, together with the entire solar system, will disappear into a black hole. In addition to this message, it is necessary to clarify what may happen on May 15, 2008 at exactly 1:00 Moscow time.

According to some physicists, there is a nonzero probability of experiments being carried out at the collider from the control and development of a chain reaction, which under certain conditions could theoretically destroy the entire planet. The viewpoint of the supporters of the catastrophic scenarios associated with the work of the LHC is set forth on this site .

The most often mentioned is the theoretical possibility of the appearance of microscopic black holes in the collider, as well as the theoretical possibility of the formation of antimatter clumps and magnetic monopoles with the subsequent chain reaction of the capture of surrounding matter.
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These theoretical possibilities were considered by the special group CERN, which prepared the corresponding report, in which all such concerns are considered unfounded.