Shelly Palmer

Did Scientists Finally Discover the Higgs Boson? (a.k.a. The God Particle)

Higgs Boson

We’ve heard this clamoring before, but after years of experimenting and hypothesizing, the UK Telegraph says that CERN—keepers of the Large Hadron Collider—will hold a press conference on July 4 to confirm the existence of the Higgs boson particle, commonly referred to as the God Particle. It could be the biggest announcement/discovery in the history of physics. The rumor suggests that scientists will announce a 4-sigma level discovery, meaning they’re 99.99-percent certain the Higgs boson exists. Read the full story at Gizmodo.