• Question: what is the worlds biggest physics experiment?

    Asked by Chloe to Rob, Anna on 12 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Rob Appleyard

      Rob Appleyard answered on 12 Nov 2014:


      The Large Hadron Collider, which is the experiment whose data I look after. It’s a machine which smashes particles together at nearly the speed of light, cost £6,200,000,000 to build, and is housed in a tunnel 17 miles around.

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