{"id":37067,"date":"2025-12-21T08:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T08:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=37067"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:44:03","slug":"cern-to-build-a-bigger-hadron-collider-1-billion-raised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/cern-to-build-a-bigger-hadron-collider-1-billion-raised\/","title":{"rendered":"CERN to Build a Bigger Hadron Collider: $1 Billion Raised"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CERN<\/strong> has received $1 billion<\/strong> in funding for the Future Circular Collider (FCC)<\/strong>, which will be a much more powerful and sensitive version of the Large Hadron Collider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The greatest breakthroughs in the field of particle physics<\/strong> have often been made possible by massive and expensive research infrastructures. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)<\/strong>, which enabled CERN to discover the Higgs boson<\/strong> in 2012, is one of the most concrete examples of this. However, to uncover the still unexplained secrets of the universe, the scientific world now needs a more powerful and precise particle accelerator<\/strong>. Meeting this need will be possible with the construction of the Future Circular Collider (FCC)<\/strong>, which has been in the planning stage for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement made this week, CERN announced that for the first time in its history, a consortium<\/strong> of private donors<\/strong> has committed over 860 million euros<\/strong> in funding for the institution’s new flagship project, the Future Circular Collider. This support, equivalent to approximately $1 billion<\/strong>, is seen as a historic turning point not only for the realization of the FCC but also because it marks the first time in CERN’s 71-year history<\/strong> that private funds<\/strong> have been directly involved in a large-scale basic science project<\/strong>. This group of donors, including the Breakthrough Prize Foundation<\/strong>, the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Strategic Innovation Fund<\/strong>, and names like John Elkann<\/strong> and Xavier Niel<\/strong>, has signed off on one of the largest private investments in basic physics research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Future Circular Collider Will Be 91 Kilometers Long<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The planned Future Circular Collider<\/strong> is in a completely different league in terms of scale compared to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)<\/strong>. Unlike the 27-kilometer LHC, the FCC will have a circumference of approximately 91 kilometers<\/strong> and will be built at an average depth of 200 meters<\/strong> along the France-Switzerland border<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this project, the aim is to examine the properties of the Higgs boson<\/strong> with a precision not possible until now and to discover new particles<\/strong> or interactions beyond the Standard Model<\/strong>. This means opening new doors on topics such as dark matter<\/strong>, matter-antimatter imbalance<\/strong>, and the fundamental forces<\/strong> of the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although $1 billion<\/strong> in funding has already been secured for the FCC, bringing the project to life will take a long time. The final decision is expected to be made in May 2026<\/strong>, and definitive approval regarding the construction process<\/strong> is expected around 2028<\/strong>. The FCC will likely become operational in the second half of the 2040s<\/strong>, at which point the LHC will have already completed its lifespan. Since China has suspended its rival project, the Circular Electron Positron Collider<\/strong>, the Future Circular Collider<\/strong> will be the global scientific community’s strongest option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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