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Particle Zoo 2.0

July 12 , 2022 856 days 858 0
  • Scientists have discovered three never-seen-before subatomic particles while working to unlock building blocks of the universe at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
  • The scientists have observed a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks”.
  • This was informed by the European nuclear research centre CERN.
  • The Large Hadron Collider is the machine that found the elusive ‘God particle’ or Higgs Boson.
  • It is thought to be vital for the formation of the universe after the big bang, 13.7 billion years ago.
  • It is a 27 km long LHC at CERN.
  • It is located in Geneva, Switcherland.
  • CERN is an official United Nations Observer.
  • CERN is also the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

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