yeah nothing with mass can reach the speed of light because what do you think e=mc2 means? if a particle has mass it would take an infinite amount of energy to actually reach the speed of light. butttttt light has properties of both particles and waves holy mindfuck
It's not at the speed of light, but it's pretty damn near it. The reason why it takes infinite energy to go at the speed of light is because you gain mass as you gain speed. You need even more energy to push that growing mass.
By the time these particles collide, they have the mass of fricking TRAINS. That is COOL.
EDIT: Greek h4x ftw! Imagine what would happen if they demanded a ransom?
"Hey guys give us all the money you have otherwise we will blow up the fucking WORLD"