News Space Safe from black holes Any black holes generated by the Large Hadron Collider would be too tiny to matter By Ron Cowen June 24, 2008 at 1:13 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Any black holes created at a new particle accelerator near Geneva will not make Swiss cheese of the nearby countryside. Nor will they gobble up Earth. NOT SO BLACK If the Large Hadron Collider does generate black holes, they would be too tiny and short-lived to cause any damage.