This is a CERN image from January 6, 2026, showing something that happened in the 1960s, but enhanced for 21st-century eyes. As it says on the CERN website:
This artistically-enhanced image shows the tracks of real particles produced when a neutrino interacted in a liquid mixture of neon and hydrogen inside the Big European Bubble Chamber (BEBC) during the 1960s. The tracks become visible when bubbles form along the paths of the particles as a piston expands the liquid. A magnetic field is produced in the detector causing the particles to travel in spirals, allowing charge and momentum to be measured.
Found via Ms. Dramko, who used this image as inspiration for her own art. Clouds and cloud chambers.
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