Man-Made Black Holes.

[Thermonuclear Kitten 70]

So, theoretically, through the use of particle accelerators, we can "create" mini black holes. But if we don't shoot for a powerful one, a weak one will tear our planet's core a new one. Edit, if a powerful one is made, then it is a total game of chance whether or not the black hole will gain momentum or not. The particles will not gain any momentum if they hit each other head on, and will get stuck on Earth.
Criticize at will.
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Edited January 23, 2016 by Shadow Elecktra

[simba86 1,541]

how is a powerful one less bad than a weak one? Isn't any earth based black hole a bad thing?

[Thermonuclear Kitten 70]

how is a powerful one less bad than a weak one? Isn't any earth based black hole a bad thing?

Well, if the black hole is not powerful enough, it falls down to our core.

[Nuke87654 1,849]

Well, if the black hole is not powerful enough, it falls down to our core.

Why even risk such a dangerous object? This is something that should be tested well away from anything, not on our home planet!

[Thermonuclear Kitten 70]

Why even risk such a dangerous object? This is something that should be tested well away from anything, not on our home planet!

It is theoretical aftrr all.

[Nuke87654 1,849]

It is theoretical aftrr all.

 

I know it's theoretical, but sometimes theories get proven true.

[20% Cooler Than Cake 161]

These micro black holes only last a fraction of a fraction of a second before they evaporate through the process of Hawking radiation, so they pose no threat to the Earth.

[StormdustPony 471]

So is this one of those things that gives a big doomsday scare, then nothing happens?

 

Atomic bomb (OK this one is bad)

 

Hadron Collider (Spelled wrong)

 

(More that i cant tinik of off hand)

[Invincible 2,091]

Well, we're all still here. So that's evidence enough that we still have not created a black hole. Theoretically, everything can become a black hole if you collapse it past a certain point. It takes a lot of energy and I doubt that it will be worth the effort.

[Sir Xarthas VI 470]

The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) isn't powerful enough to create a black hole dense enough or powerful enough to last for for the time needed for it to do any damage to our planet. If we were to successfully create a black hole through the LHC, it would only last (at maximum) 0.0001 seconds (0.1 millisecond). It would take at minimum 1.5 hours (I'm estimating) for the black hole to be pulled to the Earth's core, at which point it'd probably be sling-shotted out of the planet and out into space, presumably toward the sun. Granted, the sun being sucked up by a black hole wouldn't be good, but I highly doubt it would last the few years it'd take to travel to the sun.

[cider float 2,538]

It looks like the government should start putting restrictions on this one.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,730]

I remember the day when they first test this device. Lot's of people at my high school were actually quite freaked out. o_o While I am not sure on the likeness of a proper black hole being created, there is one slight positive if that would happen: Pretty much everything would just vanish here. We wouldn't even realize it as far as I have read. It would be like a blink of an eye. Scary thought still, but better than any alternative in that scenario. 

[Untitled Goose Q 5,137]

As already said, whilst the creation of black holes is possible, they cannot last long enough to do any real damage.

 

The reason for this is the size- a black hole needs to be big in order to survive any real amount of time- for example, on as big as a cruise ship would last less than a second.

[Riganthor 484]

As many here said the holes that where created during these tests (yes it has already happened) where not big enough to survive. These scientists are the brightest minds of today they know what they are doing.

[cmarston1 5,959]

Well this is something interesting.

I wonder if there could be benefits of doing so.

If not than I hope we don't screw it up.

[Kivil 1,721]

Why would you want to make black holes exactly? Just sayin'

[PinkieatHeart 208]

We really don't need to outdo the dinosaurs by causing our own mass extinction...

[Humphrey 49]

The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) isn't powerful enough to create a black hole dense enough or powerful enough to last for for the time needed for it to do any damage to our planet. If we were to successfully create a black hole through the LHC, it would only last (at maximum) 0.0001 seconds (0.1 millisecond). It would take at minimum 1.5 hours (I'm estimating) for the black hole to be pulled to the Earth's core, at which point it'd probably be sling-shotted out of the planet and out into space, presumably toward the sun. Granted, the sun being sucked up by a black hole wouldn't be good, but I highly doubt it would last the few years it'd take to travel to the sun.

You sure about that? I thought a 0.0001s-lifetime black hole could weight more than 10 tons according to this Howking Radiation calculator (http://xaonon.dyndns.org/hawking/). Creating such a black hole could deplete hundred tons of uranium.

[Malinter 3,064]

Considering black holes are created when only the largest of stars die in a supernova, a man made one has nowhere near the mass, scale, stability or power to become a planet annihilating black hole. They are so tiny they collapse almost instantiously

Edited January 22, 2016 by Malinter

[Sir Xarthas VI 470]

You sure about that? I thought a 0.0001s-lifetime black hole could weight more than 10 tons according to this Howking Radiation calculator (http://xaonon.dyndns.org/hawking/). Creating such a black hole could deplete hundred tons of uranium.

Ah, yes, but the glory of a black that only lasts 0.1 millisecond, is just that. It only last 0.1 millisecond. Nowhere near enough time to do significant damage. And according to that same calculator, the gravity pull caused by the black hole is equal to right around 3 Earth's, so actually if anything, Earth would also move, but again, not enough time for it to cause any real pull. Also, it'd be tiny. Probably not even visible to the human eye, though if it were, it'd be extremely hard to see.

[20% Cooler Than Cake 161]

Why would you want to make black holes exactly? Just sayin'

The purpose behind these experiments are to safely observe the behavior of these particles and black holes, so we can learn how they work and how they react.  If humans are to ever venture outside of our solar system, which should happen in the somewhat near future, or if we are just trying to understand the universe by observing it from Earth, then knowing these things can be very important.

[Spanish In Physician 295]

Honestly, I applaud the scientists behind this. The greatest minds of our time have found a way to create a black hole! That is fantastic. I'm way too lazy and tired to go into the true science behind this, not to mention that much has been done several times over in this thread already. This is a large step for mankind, and science in our culture. Strive for knowledge. If our strives lead us to death, so be it. At least we can say we moved forward to the very end.

[Lisa 5,553]

Why would you want to make black holes exactly? Just sayin'

 

To study how they work of course. There's a lot to learn about them.

[Malinter 3,064]

Also, while the idea of creating a black hole scares people. Scientists do need more data on these things. Besides the fact that their very existance turns the laws of pyshics into spaghetti, some of these things are believed to travel though space. The more we know of them, the more we can learn about how to spot them.

[Sir Xarthas VI 470]

 

 

The more we know of them, the more we can learn about how to spot them.

 

Black holes should be extremely easy to spot, to be honest. Since they warp the light around them, not only would the stars, nebulae, etc. be obscured, but inside the hole itself should be nothing but dark matter. Therefore, as long as you point the correct sensor at what you suspect is a black hole, observe the visible light fluctuations (if any), and use a few filters to view the various gasses in space, the black hole should be obvious. And yes, space is a vacuum, but there are some particles still found (a plasma of hydrogen and helium) in open space. And as long as you know how to scan space correctly (using lasers, different sensors, camera filters, etc) you should be able to detect anomalies, mainly 'holes' in space where there is nothing. And theoretically, these holes are the black holes........... Theoretically.