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Can recreating the conditions a billionth of a
second after the Big Bang reveal the secrets of our Universe?
The Big Bang exhibition will lead you into the world of one of the
greatest experiments of all time; one which could unlock some of the
biggest mysteries of the universe.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a gigantic experiment buried deep
underground on the French-Swiss border at CERN, the European
Particle Physics Laboratory. The LHC will enable scientists to
recreate the conditions that existed in the universe just after the
Big Bang, over 13 billion years ago. By looking for the very
smallest particles created, scientists hope to answer fundamental
questions about the world around us and make new discoveries on the
nature of mass and matter.
Find out how they built the LHC, take an up-close look at part of
the particle accelerator and play a game to hunt for the elusive
Higgs particle.
This is a Science Museum
travelling exhibition and is supported by the Science and Technology
Facilities Council.
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