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Protons begin circling as Large Hadron Collider switches on

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On its first day of operation, scientists circulated a beam of protons around the Large Hadron Collider’s 27 km tunnel. Eventually, scientists will introduce another beam traveling in the opposite direction, both traveling close to the speed of light. What happens when the two beams collide?

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