The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been delayed yet again, following reports that it may not even open until 2010 at the earliest.

The collider, which suffered damage just nine days after opening back in September, caused worldwide panic with claims it could ‘create a black hole’ which could suck us all in. However this obviously did not turn out to be the case – not yet anyway.

CERN, which operates the LHC has laid out two possible plans to get the LHC back up and running, with Plan A to get it running late next year and Plan B in early 2010. CERN has chosen Plan A, so it looks like it’ll be up and running at this stage late next year.

CERN had previously hoped to have it running by June next year, however this is now obviously not going to happen.