CERN aims to construct the Future Circular Collider (FCC), a 91-kilometre particle accelerator anticipated to open in 2070. Costing at least $30 billion, the FCC is designed to collide protons at energies much higher than the existing Large Hadron Collider (LHC), potentially unraveling mysteries such as dark matter and enhancing our understanding of the standard model of particle physics. The project involves constructing an interim Higgs factory starting in 2045 due to current technological limitations. While the proposal is backed by notable physicists, it faces criticism from a number of researchers concerned about feasibility and priorities in the future of physics.
"If approved, the FCC would become the most powerful instrument ever built to study the laws of nature at the most fundamental level," Gianotti said in a statement to Nature.
The Future Circular Collider is set to push the boundaries of particle physics but faces opposition from various researchers who are skeptical about its feasibility and priority.
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