50 Years Ago Physics

50 years ago, Fermilab turned to bubbles

Excerpt from the August 16, 1969 issue of Science News

bubble chamber

BUBBLY PAST  This futuristic, metal ball was Fermilab’s 4.5-meter bubble chamber. Decommissioned in 1988, it’s now a prominent art piece called the Bubble Chamber Sculpture at the laboratory.

Reidar Hahn/Fermilab

By Bethany Brookshire

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