The particle is over one million times more energetic than anything generated by the Large Hadron Collider.
The world's largest atom smasher is back in action after a four-year hiatus.
Prof Roger Jones - who works at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern - looks at the future of physics discoveries.
After a three-year hiatus, the iconic atom smasher is preparing to begin a new era of scientific discoveries.
Scientists at Cern recently discovered four new particles using the world's largest atom smasher in Geneva.
Plans are in motion to replace the gargantuan atom smasher with a new accelerator that is four times larger.
Scientists at CERN are planning a successor to the Large Hadron Collider with ten times the power.
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has warned that a failed particle accelerator experiment could prove disastrous.
The world's largest atom smasher - the Large Hadron Collider - has found evidence of Higgs boson decay.
The upgrade will significantly boost the facility's potential to make groundbreaking new physics discoveries.
CERN's giant atom smasher has identified five new particles that had been 'hiding in plain sight'.
Engineers have fitted CERN's record-breaking particle accelerator with its first major upgrade.
According to Professor Brian Cox, if ghosts existed, CERN's atom smasher should have found them by now.
The team behind the world's largest atom smasher may be on the verge of making another major discovery.
The world's largest atom smasher was immobilized this week by an inquisitive four-legged visitor.
Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider have caught a glimpse of what might be a new type of particle.
The world's largest atom smasher has made a new discovery in the form of a particle called a pentaquark.
CERN's newly upgraded atom smasher has now resumed operations after a two year hiatus.
Cern's atom smasher is about to resume operations in an attempt to detect miniature black holes.
The newly upgraded particle accelerator will be continuing its mission some time this spring.