LHC Spies Hints of Infant Universe

techbeat writes "The big bang machine may already be living up to its nickname, writes New Scientist. Researchers on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, have seen hints of what may be the hot, dense state of matter thought to have filled the universe in its first nanoseconds."

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This is why science rocks.

[grub]

have seen hints of what may be the hot, dense state of matter thought to have filled the universe in its first nanoseconds.

It's truly remarkable that they can see how the universe was 5999 years, 11 months, 30 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59.9999999... seconds ago!

Re:This is why science rocks.

[binarylarry]

It truly is my brother.

Praise Jebus!

Re:This is why science rocks.

[jpapon]

I don't know about your universe, but mine is always exactly 6000 years old.

If it got older that implies it might die, and that gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Re:This is why science rocks.

[Samalie]

If I had to guess, its that a Christian mod took offense to "Jebus".

Posting not-AC, so that I'm not mistaken for the Christian mod who doesn't find the Jebus joke funny.

Re:This is why science rocks.

[Z00L00K]

No it's getting reborn through the LHC when it becomes 6000 years old.

How else did you think that our universe was created? Our universe was of course created through someone else's LHC.

Re:This is why science rocks.

[Anonymous Coward]

What's remarkable is how little we know, putting aside the hubris of mankind. To me, science and religion are one in the same - each thinks it knows better than the other. Simple dogma.

Re:This is why science rocks.

[treeves]

I heard a joke about ascribing unwarranted precision to numbers.

A museum guide is showing people a dinosaur exhibit and when he gets to their largest specimen he stops and tells the group, "This specimen is sixty-five million and thirty eight years old." A young man raises his hand and asks, "How do you know that?"
The guide explains, "When I started working here, the staff scientist informed me that this dinosaur was sixty-five million years old. I started working here thirty eight years ago...you do the math!"

Re:This is why science rocks.

[bill_mcgonigle]

This is annoying to not just Biblical literalists but also historians and archaeologists.

Do the literalists invoke the multiverse theory?

Re:This is why science rocks.

[haruchai]

That's right - it's LHC's all the way down

Re:This is why science rocks.

[Ed_Pinkley]

"Capitalization is the difference between helping my uncle Jack off a horse and..."

Nip THAT one in the bud

[Un pobre guey]

Turn it off! Turn it off! Dude! Turn the fucking thing off!

Re:Nip THAT one in the bud

[Halifax Samuels]

No, it's cool. I'm actively monitoring this. We're still good.

Re:Nip THAT one in the bud

[toriver]

If they turn it off it will release all the ghosts! Didn't you see Ghostbusters?

Re:Nip THAT one in the bud

[Robert Zenz]

Unforeseen consequences.

Re:Nip THAT one in the bud

[Evil.Bonsai]

Dr Kleiner says it's well within parameters, nothing to worry about.

Re:Nip THAT one in the bud

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe we should tell them about the resonance cascade scenario?

Re:Nip THAT one in the bud

[X0563511]

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Wow!

[The MAZZTer]

The LHC employs its own SPIES? That's... oh... that's not what it means. :(

Re:Wow!

[TheRaven64]

No, I think it's implying that the guys at CERN are pedophiles. I mean, who else would be spying on infants?

Universe Protection Services.

[Anonymous Coward]

LHC Spies Hints of Infant Universe

Won't someone think of the infant universe?

Re:Big Bang.

[Anonymous Coward]

looks like you need to do more research... :P

hot, dense state of matter???

[kehren77]

Big deal, I create a hot, dense state of matter every time I nuke a Hot Pocket.

Re:hot, dense state of matter???

[vegiVamp]

Yeah, but this one is probably less fat.

what if they create another universe

[FudRucker]

and it destroys our universe in the process, and after a few billion years another planet revolving around a insignificant sun in an insignificant galaxy evolves life forms advanced enough to learn technology high enough to make another LHC type device and they accidentally create another universe while simultaneously destroying their own universe (which we created when we destoryed our universe), and it just keeps going like that forever & ever & ever.

Re:what if they create another universe

[WilliamGeorge]

I guess it's Large Hadron Colliders all the way down after all...