The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced that the year 2045 will see the end of the universe live. This will be possible thanks to the Future Circular Collider (FCC)a machine being built in Geneva, Switzerland.
The FCC will be three times larger than the Large Hadron Collider and will allow scientists to study particles in greater detail and precision. CERN’s main goal is to understand the smallest particles that make up our universe and the forces that govern them.
With the discovery of the Higgs boson 12 years ago, a particle crucial to understanding the functioning of other particles, CERN now seeks to explore cosmic mysteries and simulate the possible end of the cosmos.
The FCC will carry out collisions between subatomic particles to recreate what the end of the universe was like and evaluate whether the conditions for this to occur are closer than imagined. It is expected that The new machine will be operational in the year 2045although the investigations will last several decades: it is estimated that until 2070.
The project will begin with the construction of the Future Circular Collider, which is scheduled for 2030 and will take at least 15 years. According to CERN forecasts, the FCC will cost 20 billion euros and will be three times the size of the Large Hadron Collider.
According to what was announced, It will be capable of producing no less than 40 million collisions per second and the amount of information it will generate will be so enormous that it will be necessary to develop a system that is capable of analyzing the data in real time. and make a decision regarding the collision that has just occurred.
It was learned what NASA’s plan is for the arrival of an apocalyptic asteroid
The NASA carefully evaluated its contingency plans in the event of a catastrophic cosmic event. The doctor Kelly Fastexpert in planetary defensepointed out the importance of detecting and monitoring asteroids dangerous before they posed a real threat to our planet. According to him, It is “essential to find these celestial bodies before they find us and be prepared to intervene if necessary”.
NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office He was engaged in the search for possible asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth. Maintaining constant surveillance of space was crucial to foresee any risks and take proactive measures to protect our planet.
Dr. Fast explained that If an asteroid impact threat was identified years or decades in advance, there was the possibility of carrying out a diversion mission. However, he emphasized that the priority was to detect and monitor these asteroids effectively.
Should an impact threat be confirmed, NASA would issue an official notification, first addressed to the government of the affected country, before reporting globally and communicating it to the United Nations. According to current protocols, if the asteroid was years away, an attempt would be made to deflect it. However, if the timeframe was less than five years before the expected impact, the option of destroying the asteroid rather than attempting to deflect it would be considered..
In 2022, NASA carried out the mission Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), where an asteroid hit in deep space. This test was intended to test the effectiveness of the technology in diverting dangerous asteroids before they posed a threat to Earth. The results were promising and showed that it was possible to reduce the orbit of an asteroid in the event of an imminent impact.
During the mission, the DART spacecraft intentionally collided with the asteroid Dimorphos, a moon of a minor planet known as Didymos.. Although Dimorphos did not pose a threat at the time, this experiment demonstrated the ability to deflect the orbit of a space object. The asteroid was about 11 million kilometers from our planet at the time of impact, ensuring terrestrial safety during the experiment.
The results of the DART experiment were encouraging, as they managed to reduce the orbit of Dimorphos in a significant time. Although the initial goal was to reduce the orbit by 73 seconds, the impact of the DART spacecraft managed to shorten it by 32 minutes, showing the success of space technology in mitigating the risk of asteroid impact.
