I was quite OK with the LHC when experts explained that cosmic rays cause the creation of harmless mini-black holes in our atmosphere all the time. Now I don’t know what to think!<\/p>\n
Otto R\u00f6ssler<\/a> is the professor who sued and failed in his attempt to halt the Large Hadron Collidor. Over at Lifeboat.com he lists 10 solid reasons<\/a> to be concerned about the LHC. The primary argument is that those mini-black holes in our atmosphere are moving very fast, and will zip through Earth without harming us. A black hole created by the LHC will move slowly, and will eat us up before it departs! He calculates the process will take a few years to reduce our planet to 2cm in diameter – that’s too cosy for my liking!<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Although it is still a pathetic amount, relative to the risk, NASA has seen its annual budget for near-Earth object observations<\/a> quadruple to $20.4 million.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Scientists believe they may have found a new planet<\/a> in the far reaches of the solar system, up to four times the mass of Jupiter. Its orbit would be thousands of times further from the Sun than the Earth’s – which could explain why it has so far remained undiscovered.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n