As we approach the final days before the Large Hadron Collider starts its mission, we start seeing more and more titles that point towards the end of the world, literally, with black holes destroying humankind and our planet.

But how true is that? Logically speaking, why would we want to destroy our own planet? That just doesn't sound right, and I don't think the scientific community would engage in a dangerous experiment just for the fun of it!

The scary part of all this doesn't actually come from the scientists involved in the experiment, but from people around the world, who've sent them death threats and warnings to stop the experiment.

However, a new report published in IOP Publishing's Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, reveals that in fact, this “end of the world rumor” is all bogus.

“If particles at the LHC had the power to destroy the Earth, we would never have been given the chance to exist, because regular interactions with more energetic cosmic rays would already have destroyed the Earth or other astronomic bodies.”

According to LHC's Safety Assessment Group, “nature has already conducted the equivalent of about a hundred thousand LHC experimental programs on Earth – and the planet still exists.”

The report explained that since cosmic ray collisions are more energetic than those produced in the LHC, but are incapable of producing vacuum bubbles or dangerous magnetic monopoles, the LHC experiment is not something we should fear.

With that being said, rumor starters really need to find something better to do, and let the scientific community do something useful. The LHC project will carry on as planned.