Post by Andrew on Jul 3, 2012 11:35:22 GMT -10
Higgs Boson Found? Without "God Particle," No Galaxies—And No Life
by Ker Than
for National Geographic News
Published July 3, 2012
Just hours from now, physicists could announce they're 99.9936 percent sure the Higgs boson exists, according to experts on the hunt for the so-called God particle.
The combined findings of two teams at the proton-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) should help explain why objects in our universe have mass—and in so doing, why galaxies, planets, and even humans have any right to exist.
MORE HERE:
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120703-higgs-boson-god-particle-cern-science/
by Ker Than
for National Geographic News
Published July 3, 2012
Just hours from now, physicists could announce they're 99.9936 percent sure the Higgs boson exists, according to experts on the hunt for the so-called God particle.
The combined findings of two teams at the proton-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) should help explain why objects in our universe have mass—and in so doing, why galaxies, planets, and even humans have any right to exist.
MORE HERE:
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120703-higgs-boson-god-particle-cern-science/
