401K views · 8.1K reactions | CERN pays tribute to Peter Higgs Peter Higgs’ scientific legacy will extend far beyond the scope of current discoveries. The Higgs boson is linked to some of the most intriguing and crucial outstanding questions in fundamental physics. This still quite mysterious particle therefore represents a uniquely promising pathway to physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. | CERN | Facebook

14K views · 705 reactions | On 24 November 1959, CERN’s Proton Synchrotron became the highest-energy machine in the world when it accelerated a beam to its design energy of 24 GeV for the first time. Today, the Proton Synchrotron is still in operation, being one of the main cogs in the CERN accelerator complex. Find out more: https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/celebrating-60-years-proton-synchrotron | CERN | Facebook