What if I told you that hidden deep within a tunnel-laden fortress on the Swiss-French border, scientists are manufacturing the most expensive and dangerous substance on Earth? A substance so elusive and rare, it challenges the very fabric of our understanding of the universe. Welcome to the world of antimatter.
在法国与瑞士边境的一个仓库里,一种世间最昂贵的材料正在被创造。但令人疑惑的是,这种材料是否真的能被称为“物质”,因为它并非由常规物质构成。这种极为罕见且可能最为危险的物质就是反物质,全球科学家正试图弄清楚如何将其装入瓶中,安全地搬运过街道。
在科学的浩瀚宇宙中,有一个谜团吸引了无数科学家和研究者的目光——暗物质。那么,当价值500亿美元的实验装置——大型强子对撞机(LHC)完成了其主要任务后,我们该如何利用它来探索这个谜团呢?让我们一起揭开暗物质的神秘面纱。
Have you ever wondered what holds the universe together? What are the tiny building blocks that constitute the fabric of reality? In the quest to answer these profound questions, humanity has embarked on one of its most ambitious endeavors: the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Let's take a journey through the heart of this colossal scientific undertaking and explore the mysteries it seeks to unravel.
在科学的殿堂中,有一个地方充满了神秘与未知——那就是位于瑞士日内瓦的欧洲核子研究组织(CERN)。这里,科学家们试图解开宇宙最基本的秘密:我们由什么构成?
在科学的浩瀚宇宙中,我们已知的世界由原子构成,这些原子组成了我们的身体,我们日常互动的一切,甚至是呼吸的空气分子。然而,一个引人入胜的问题摆在我们面前:如果反物质版本的原子——反原子——能够结合形成反分子,那么这些反分子能否进一步组装成反生命体?这样的生命体将具有什么特征?它们会在哪里被发现?让我们一起探索这个未知的领域。
Have you ever wondered what the universe was like in its very first moments? Not just in the distant past, but in the fractions of a second after the Big Bang? Imagine a time when the universe was a trillion degrees hot, filled with a liquid soup of subatomic particles and pure energy. This isn't science fiction; it's the reality that scientists at CERN are striving to understand. Let's dive into the fascinating world of particle physics and the quest to recreate the conditions of the early universe.