Sunday, September 23, 2012

Higgs, what is it?(God Particle)

Higgs Boson particle was thought of in 1964 by a man named Peter Higgs with other scientists of that time. The god particle is thought to be in everything that has to do with gravity and magnetism. Most humans identify gravity and magnetism as a "thing" that just happens, or a mysterious energy. But in 1964 Peter Higgs thought otherwise, he went on a quest to find a particle of a gravity or magnet. Some say that it is impossible to see it with today's technology nor replicate it. The misleading name has also led people to think that Higgs found a particle connected to God, but that is just plain silly. Just a few months ago scientists tried to replicate a Higgs Boson by smashing other particles together, they think they made the Higgs Boson but just for a little time after the impact. This test was done underground in a 8km long tunnel. The machine uses massive amounts of energy to take particles and smash them together.
Still to this day the Higgs Boson baffles scientists.

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