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Leaked video suggests 'God Particle' was found

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The video which was briefly made public yesterday on the website of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) confirmed that physicists at the world's largest atom smasher -- Large Hadron Collider (LHC)-- have most likely discovered the long-sought particle, also known as the "God Particle".

"We've observed a new particle... We have quite strong evidence that there's something there" with a mass roughly 130 times the mass of the proton, Joe Incandela, spokesman for the CMS experiment at LHC, was quoted by ScienceNews as saying in the video.

"This is the most massive such particle that exists, if we confirm all of this

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First Published: Jul 04 2012 | 12:35 PM IST

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