<br/>Scientists at the European Organistation for Nuclear Research or CERN smashed some atomic particles into each other with record energy aiming to recreate conditions just after the Big Bang, which gave birth to universe 13.7 billion years ago. <br/><br/>The world's largest atom smasher has set a record for high energy collision by crashing two proton beams at three times more force than ever before. The experiment at CERN will allow researchers to examine the nature of the matter and the origin of stars and planets. The collisions start a new era of science for researchers working on the machine below the Swiss-French border at Geneva. Scientists at a control room at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, broke into applause when the first successful collisions were recorded. Their colleagues from around the world were tuning in by remote links. <br/><br/>During the coming months and years, CERN scientists expect the project to lift the veil on some of the mysteries of the cosmos — how matter was converted to mass after the fireball of the Big Bang and what is the dark, or invisible, matter that makes up an estimated 25 percent of the universe.