https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/black-hole/ Recent content in Black Hole on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/big-turn/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/big-turn/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/big-turn/i-76-7d8-9-9.jpg" alt="The underground tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider accelerator ring, where the proton beams are steered in a circle by magnets. CERN" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>The underground tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider accelerator ring, where the proton beams are steered in a circle by magnets. CERN</figcaption> </figure> <p>Tuesday, Sept. 9, 11:30 a.m. EDT &mdash; Fourteen years in the making, the $8 billion Large Hadron Collider comes online Wednesday at last (although, when you think about it, that's not really that long to wait for a machine that may reveal some of the mysteries of the universe).</p>