Is LHC pushing the limits of naturally observable phenomena in the Universe?

[kahoon]

Are collisions with the energy levels of LHC happening in our modern day Universe? Like at the core of stars or at the event horizon of black holes where a lot of high energy stuff is going on?

Sorry for the naive question, I'm extremely interested in physics but I'm just not proficient enough (at all) to deal with the advanced math behind it.

 

[Kevin_Axion]

High-energy particle collisions occur all of the time in the upper atmosphere from High Energy Cosmic Rays. These exceed the energies at the LHC tremendously, approximately 3\times 10^{20} eV. A possible place of origin is active galactic nuclei. LHC will collide particles at 1.4\times 10^{13} eV

 

[kahoon]

High-energy particle collisions occur all of the time in the upper atmosphere from High Energy Cosmic Rays. These exceed the energies at the LHC tremendously, approximately 3\times 10^{20} eV. A possible place of origin is active galactic nuclei. LHC will collide particles at 1.4\times 10^{13} eV

Wow, thanks. I wouldn't have thought that these kind of things happen right here on our planet.