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Could we create dark matter? - Rolf Landua

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Eighty-five percent of the matter in our universe is dark matter. We don’t know what dark matter is made of, and we’ve yet to directly observe it, but scientists theorize that we may actually be able to create it in the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle collider in the world. So how would that work? CERN scientist Rolf Landua explains how to discover a new particle.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Rolf Landua
Director
Steve West
Script Editor
Emma Bryce
Animator
Steve West
Sound Designer
Steve West
Associate Producer
Jessica Ruby
Content Producer
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Narrator
Addison Anderson

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