The scientists at CERN in Geneva are reportedly getting close to activate the world’s biggest particle accelerator known as the Large Hadron Collider to begin the experiment with which the scientists at the biggest physics laboratory expect to witness the environment and the situation at the time of the Big Bang. The time when the universe was created.

Large Hadron Collider was severely damages during an experiment that was carried out last year and the scientists as well the technicians at CERN are stunned at the pace with the LHC has become operational again. The restart of the particle accelerator means that the scientists will now be able to send protons circling in a 27 kilometer long tube almost at the speed of light.

At the time of the surprise restart, many of the scientists involved in the project had left for their homes and had to be immediately called called back to their offices for the resumption of the experiment. According to James Gillies (Spokesman, European Organization for Nuclear Research),

“The scientists basically had to tear up the first few pages of their PowerPoint presentation which had outlined the procedures that they were planning to follow. That was all wrapped up by midnight. They are going through the paces really very fast.”

The operational status for the LHC was expected to be around 0600 GMT on Saturday, but the sudden restart of the machine cut down seven hours off the time limit and scientists were able tp carry on with the experiment from yesterday evening itself. For the experiment, CERN is currently using about 2,000 superconducting magnets, that will allow the team to control the direction of the protons that are numbered in billions, so as to keep the sensitive equipment of the LHC away from harm’s way.

Via Associated Press.