Next-Generation Particle Collider , Could 'Unveil Universe's Mysteries'.<br />'The Independent' reports that plans are being <br />developed for a new particle collider that could shed <br />light on some of the biggest mysteries of the Universe.<br />Around the year 2040, the European Organization <br />for Nuclear Research’s (CERN) Large Hadron <br />Collider (LHC), will complete its mission. .<br />The looming end of the program <br />has left experts looking for <br />what will replace it.<br />According to early estimates, <br />the Future Circular Collider (FCC) <br />will cost an estimated $17 billion. .<br />The collider will be installed in a tunnel with a circumference of about 56 miles between 100 and <br />400 meters below both French and Swiss territory. .<br />Yielding much higher energy, the collider will <br />smash particles together in the hopes of discoveries <br />that could change our understanding of the Universe.<br />On February 5, CERN announced that a successful <br />mid-term feasibility assessment was able to identify the <br />ideal location for infrastructure related to the project.<br />The FCC will be an <br />unprecedented instrument <br />to explore the law of physics <br />and of nature, at the smallest <br />scales and at the highest energies, Professor Fabiola Gianotti, CERN’s director general, via 'The Independent'.<br />[It] will allow us to <br />address some of the outstanding <br />questions in fundamental physics <br />today in our knowledge of the <br />fundamental constituents of <br />matter and the structure and <br />evolution of the Universe, Professor Fabiola Gianotti, CERN’s director general, via 'The Independent'.<br />Researchers hope the new collider <br />will help unravel the mystery surrounding , dark matter and dark energy. .<br />'The Independent' reports that if the FCC <br />gains approval, the next-generation collider <br />could be operational by the mid 2040s.
