50 years ago, Fermilab turned to bubbles
Excerpt from the August 16, 1969 issue of Science News
![bubble chamber](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/062419_BO_50ya-fermilab_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
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