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Cosmic rays with energies exceeding LHC collision energies have struck Earth for billions of years without causing catastrophe.

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objects like the Moon have been bombarded by cosmic particles of significantly higher energy than RHIC for billions of years without harm

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A striking counterargument was that objects like the Moon have been bombarded by cosmic particles of significantly higher energy than RHIC for billions of years without harm.

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