An exciting day today, especially for scientists, 令人興奮的一天，科學家們尤其激動。
a milestone in our understanding of nature. Today, those scientists from the CERN Institute in Switzerland said 這是我們對大自然瞭解的一座里程碑，今天那些來自瑞士歐洲核子研究組織的科學家們表示，
they've identified a new subatomic particle considered one of the building blocks of the universe. 他們找到一種新的亞原子粒子，它被認為是構成宇宙的一個基本元素。
So what does it mean? Atika Schubert reports on what could be the discovery of the elusive Higgs boson. 這是什麼意思呢？阿緹卡‧舒伯特報導，可能找到難以捉摸的希格斯玻色子了。
As a layman I would now say, I think we have it. You agree? 以一個外行人來說，此刻我會說，我想我們找到了，各位同意嗎？
Until today, the so-called "God particle," the key to our understanding of the universe, existed only in theory, but not anymore. Collecting data like this, 直至今日，所謂的「上帝粒子」，這個解開我們對宇宙瞭解的關鍵，都還只存在理論中，但現在不只是理論了。
scientists at CERN have announced the discovery with 99.999 percent certainty that the Higgs boson does exist, CERN 科學家蒐集類似這樣的資料，宣布他們百分之九十九．九九地肯定發現了希格斯玻色子確實存在，
the so-called "God particle." 也就是所謂的「上帝粒子」。
Professor Peter Higgs, now 83 years old, 彼得‧希格斯教授現年八十三歲，
who first theorized its existence in 1964, was in the audience for this historic moment. 他在一九六四年首先建立了上帝粒子存在的理論。他也在觀眾席間見證這歷史性的一刻。
For me it's really an incredible thing that it happened in my lifetime. 對我來說，能在有生之年看到這件事發生實在是太棒了。
So what exactly is the Higgs boson, and what does it do? Well, it gives matter mass. It's the stuff of our universe. 那麼希格斯玻色子到底是什麼呢？它有什麼功能呢？嗯，它賦予了物質質量，它是我們宇宙的構成物。
So, how does it work exactly? A field of subatomic particles, let's imagine that those particles are actually people in a party. 它到底是如何運作的呢？一個亞原子場，我們來想像這些粒子其實就是一群參加派對的人。
Somebody walks in who nobody knows. He has no problems crossing the room, because nobody stops to talk to him. 有個人走進來，大家都不認識他，他可以毫無困難地穿越房間，因為沒有人停下來跟他交談。
But what about somebody who is instantly recognizable, like President Obama? 但如果是一個像歐巴馬總統這種立刻就被認出來的人呢？
As he walks in, people are immediately attracted to him, a crowd gathers round, and he finds it very difficult to cross the room. 他一走進來，大家立即受他吸引，一群人就會聚集在他周圍，他會覺得要穿越這個房間非常困難。
This analogy, scientists say, is exactly like the Higgs boson. 科學家說，這個比擬完全就像希格斯玻色子的狀況。
As the Higgs boson comes into this field, other particles are attracted to it, and that's what creates mass. It's literally massive. 當希格斯玻色子進到這個場域中，其他粒子便受其吸引，進而產生質量，質量真的是增大了起來。
Now this, scientists say, is how the universe was able to be created in a sense. 科學家表示，這可以說就是宇宙被創造出來的過程。
This is how stars, galaxies, planets were able to spin themselves into existence. It's what led to you and me being here. 這就是天體、銀河系、行星如何得以藉由自行轉動而成形。它就是讓你我存在於此的東西。
So how did scientists find it? 科學家是怎麼找到它的呢？
Well, with a massive particle collider at CERN, 27 kilometers of tunnels under Switzerland and France. 嗯，是用 CERN 裡一台龐大的強子對撞機，在瑞士和法國地底下一條長二十七公里的隧道。
Researchers smashed particle beams together to see what's inside, effectively recreating the Big Bang trillions of times over and over. 研究人員讓粒子光束對撞，看看裡面有什麼，等於實際上一遍又一遍地重現了數兆次宇宙大爆炸。
And this is what they saw: subatomic debris, including the decayed remains of what they say appears to be the Higgs boson, 這就是他們所看到的東西，亞原子破片，其中包含了他們所說應該是希格斯玻色子衰變後的殘骸，
thereby proving its existence. 因此證實了它的存在。
But the mysteries of the universe are not solved yet. 但宇宙的謎團尚未解開，
Consider this: all those galaxies, planets, and stars -- everything we can see -- well, they make up only four percent of the universe. 試想：所有的銀河系、行星、星體，一切我們看得見的東西不過才佔宇宙的百分之四，
There's still a lot more to discover. Finding the Higgs boson, the god particle, just opens another door. 未來有很多事物尚待發掘。尋找希格斯玻色子，上帝粒子，只不過是開啟了另一扇門。