475K views · 8.3K reactions | The Large Hadron Collider is one of the largest machines in the world. Its purpose is to fire subatomic particles at each other so we can better see how they function. Find out more about this massive machines in Colossal Machines, on Thursdays at 8pm, on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK | Facebook

#VantageOnFirstpost: On this day in history, in 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest particle accelerator, was tested for the first time at CERN under the French-Swiss border. | #FPRewind with @palkisharmaupadhyay Its 27-km tunnel was designed to collide particles at near-light speed, and in 2010 it successfully recreated a “mini Big Bang.” It is considered one of the biggest experiments in scientific history. | Firstpost