Just in case you are startled out of sleep tomorrow by the total annihilation of the Earth into a singularity, here is an explanation for what happened.
The Large Hadron Collider will be switched on at about 3:30AM Eastern Time. Actually, the first head on collision between two proton beams will not be for 6 to 8 weeks, and even then it will not be at full power. The beam/beam collisions are what could theoretically create micro black holes. So doom has been postponed for another month and a half.
Besides, all the stuff that might happen almost certainly would not destroy the earth. Almost certainly. Sleep well.
(NOTE: All kidding aside, even if a micro black hole was created, the singularity would be extremely small, quantum small. like smaller than an atom. sure it could suck more matter in but on a quantum scale matter is ... well mostly nothing. See here for a scale model of the smallest and simplest atom, the hydrogen atom. Now imagine a black hole maybe slightly bigger than the one-pixel electron. What are the odds it would hit anything? Also, due to Hawking Radiation any such micro black holes would evaporate practically instantaneously. So, in all seriousness, there's no risk here. almost... :-)
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