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God Particle May Be Five Distinct Particle Thursday, June 17, 2010 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Physics   
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The "God particle" may actually be five distinct particles, evidence from a new atom-smashing experiment suggests. Called the Higgs boson, the theoretical particle has been long sought by physicists who think it's responsible for all mass in the universe—hence the name God particle. It's also one of the targets of experiments by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which began smashing subatomic particles together at half its maximum power in March. (source: news.nationalgeographic.com)
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