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The wooden "Globe" at the entrance of the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, is seen near Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. The world's largest particle collider successfully completed its first major test by firing a beam of protons all the way around a 17-mile tunnel Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe.

(Photo: AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)