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Much beset by magnet quenches, birds, bread, black holes, evil time travelers, and fools, the Large Hadron Collider successfully came online and orbited a proton beam today!

Photographs of the triumphant moment are within.

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CERN Successfully Brings Large Hadron Collider Back Online

Getting Ready

CERN Successfully Brings Large Hadron Collider Back Online

Is It On Yet?

CERN Successfully Brings Large Hadron Collider Back Online

Look At This!

CERN Successfully Brings Large Hadron Collider Back Online

Beam Success

CERN Successfully Brings Large Hadron Collider Back Online

Hooray!