Do you think that if a particle accelerator exploded it could cause an explosion of dark matter into our atmosphere and

Question: Do you think that if a particle accelerator exploded it could cause an explosion of dark matter into our atmosphere and potentially alter the human DNA?
- Keywords:
  atmosphere,
  dark matter,
  DNA,
  explosion,
  particle accelerator
Asked by anon-174280 to Alex, Carl, Hayley, Melanie, Tim, Yewande on 13 Jun 2018.
- Alex Seeney answered on 13 Jun 2018:
  
  I don’t think so – the explosion itself would cause a lot of damage and could potentially release some radiation which would be harmful to people close by.
- Carl Barford answered on 14 Jun 2018:
  
  The amount of matter spinning round those machines is tiny. If it got out it would fly off in a straight line and pound into the earth / equipment. Its all in a vacuum, implosion is not so bad

anon-174280 commented on 15 Jun 2018:

what if a part was broken or the accelerator was poorly constructed? Or what if it was a new accelerator that failed?

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Question: Do you think that if a particle accelerator exploded it could cause an explosion of dark matter into our atmosphere and potentially alter the human DNA?