Black hole controversy with the Large Hadron Collider
Black hole controversy with the Large Hadron Collider – The formation of artificial black holes, one of the leading controversies incited by this project, arose from misunderstandings of science. This has led to many non-scientific media authors citing that these artificial blackholes could destroy the world. This has been since debunked with an understanding of physics from the particle collisions on the moon.
What are black holes?
A black hole is an incredibly dense region in space where there is a gravitational pull so intense that even light cannot escape it. These places usually appear after a star has died, when the star collapses on itself and causes a supernova which can blast its parts into space. Some scientists believe that the smallest black holes formed when the universe began after the Big Bang. A black hole will eventually collapse and die if it loses the ability to intake particles when matter is too far away to be pulled in by the black hole’s gravity. To put the strength and physics of black holes into perspective, if a black hole was to form from our sun (having the same mass), earth wouldn’t be destroyed because the gravitational pull would stay consistent. Our sun will never turn into a black hole though, it is far too small to make a black hole.
In the LHC, the particle collisions that are creating energetic explosions. Interestingly, the same amount of energy that is contained in the particle collisions at LHC is actually matched by the particle collisions on our moon. The moon experiences space dust colliding with the surface of the moon on a daily basis. Since the moon is still in existence due to the lack of threat stemming from a black hole consuming it, it can be assumed that there are not black holes being created in the LHC. If someone were to argue that there is a chance black holes are indeed being created, it could be refuted with the fact that they would be evaporating before anything could happen with them. A conviction which is derived from a theory based on Hawking’s radiation. Basically, if the particle accelerator did in fact create micro-black holes, they would be so small that they would collapse almost instantly due to the lack of particle intake within the LHC’s controlled state.