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 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is like a giant racetrack for tiny particles. Scientists use it to smash protons (small parts of atoms) together at super high speeds, kind of like bumper cars but on an incredibly tiny scale. When these particles crash, they break apart, helping scientists study what the universe is made of and how it works. It’s so powerful that it even helped discover the "Higgs

 The Higgs boson is like a tiny, invisible helper that gives things their weight. Imagine the universe as a big field, and this field is kind of like a thick soup. When particles move through it, they get slowed down and "stick" to it a bit, which makes them heavy. The Higgs boson is the particle connected to that field—it helps explain why stuff has mass and doesn’t just float around weightless. 

 In the LHC, protons are sped up and smashed together at super high speeds. When they crash, they break into smaller pieces, creating lots of energy. This energy sometimes makes new particles appear, like the Higgs boson. Scientists didn’t see the Higgs directly, but they saw clues from how it quickly turned into other particles, which helped them discover it in 2012. 

 Dark matter is like invisible stuff that makes up most of the universe, but we can't see it or touch it. Scientists know it's there because it has gravity and affects how galaxies move, but it doesn’t give off any light or energy, so it stays "dark." Imagine it like a mystery glue holding things together in space, even though we can’t directly detect it. Without dark matter, galaxies would fly ap