Scientists Found Particle 'X,' Now What!

For the first time ever, scientists at CERN have spotted a bizarre “X“ particle in a recreation of the primordial soup that existed just moments after the Big Bang, using the LHC. » Subscribe to Seeker! » Watch more Elements! » Visit our shop at » Sign Up for Seeker's Newsletter! For the first time, scientists have spotted a bizarre “X” particle in a recreation of the primordial soup that existed just moments after the Big Bang. By smashing billions of lead ions together using the Large Hadron Collider, researchers were able to find just about 100 of these mysterious particles, but that could be the start of figuring out what exactly this “X” particle is made of. That’s why it’s just called the “X particle”; it’s not like it broke up with a physicist. There are a few different ideas on what it could be but no one is sure yet. Figuring it out could tell