CERN Could Actually Create a Black Hole

Could we actually create a black hole on Earth?
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When CERN switched on the Large Hadron Collider in 2008, global panic ensued. Headlines warned this machine had the power to create a black hole that could endanger the Earth. But could CERN really create a black hole? And if they did, what would actually happen?

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0:00 Could CERN Create a Black Hole?
3:09 The LHC Panic
6:53 Is the LHC Powerful Enough?
11:34 Are We In Danger?
14:15 The Worst-Case Scenario
18:52 Cosmic Radiation

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References:
“Will CERN generate a black hole?”, via cern.ch https://astrumspace.info/cern_blackhole
“The day the world didn’t end”, via phys.org https://astrumspace.info/world_end
“Facts and figures about the Large Hadron Collider”, via cern.ch https://astrumspace.info/lhcfacts
“Safety of the Large Hadron Collider”, via cern.ch https://astrumspace.info/lhcsafety
“The end of the world is not nigh”, via bbc.co.uk https://astrumspace.info/cern_end
“Black hole formation” via libretexts.org https://astrumspace.info/bh_formation
“Paper on Ultra-relativistic particle collisions”, via arxiv.org https://astrumspace.info/ultrarelativistic
“Extra dimensions, gravitons, and tiny black holes at CERN”, via cern.ch https://astrumspace.info/extradimensions
“Hawking radiation in Black Holes”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/hawkingradiation
“A black hole atom”, via medium.com https://astrumspace.info/blackholeatom

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