r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CharlesBrooks • Feb 25 '25

Original Creation Photograph from inside a Particle Accelerator

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u/SamuelYosemite Feb 25 '25

I think that the particle accelerator is one of the most beautiful things in the world and I am absolutely terrified of it.

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u/powe808 Feb 25 '25

No need to be terrified. Smaller versions of this accelerator are used in hospitals around the world to treat and cure cancer.

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u/SamuelYosemite Feb 25 '25

If the smaller versions kill cancer what can the bigger ones kill? (I’m being facetious)