Which of the following statements accurately describes the primary purpose of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the field of physics?
A) To provide high-resolution imaging of astronomical objects in distant galaxies.
B) To simulate the conditions of the early universe by colliding protons at high energies.
C) To test theories of classical mechanics through precision measurements of gravitational forces.
D) To develop new methods for accelerating particles to speeds approaching the speed of light in linear accelerators.