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Astrophysicist and science writer with a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Manchester University; contributor to Live Science, Space.com, BBC Science Focus, and others.
People have also worried that the LHC might produce a mini black hole, but even if this happened - which is unlikely - it would be unbelievably tiny, and so unstable that it would vanish within a fraction of a second, according to The Guardian.
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Andrew May, "CERN: Organization, Experiments and Facts," Live Science, April 26, 2022.
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The Large Hadron Collider poses no credible risk of destroying Earth by creating a microscopic black hole
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AI Verified The quote is about LHC mini black holes being tiny and vanishing quickly, which is directly relevant to whether the LHC poses a credible Earth-destruction risk. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Live Science says a mini black hole would be "unbelievably tiny" and unstable enough to vanish within a fraction of a second, which supports the statement that the LHC poses no credible Earth-destroying risk from a microscopic black hole. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Live Science article states the same mini-black-hole safety claim and cites The Guardian; wording is consistent with the stored quote. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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