The LHC reportedly revealed an atomic nucleus shaped like a bowling pin

A nucleus described as bowling-pin shaped

ScienceAlert reported that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) revealed an atomic nucleus shaped like a bowling pin. The available record identifies that reported shape but does not establish a comparison with earlier observations.

The saved report does not explain how well this shape had been established before the new result.

ScienceAlert reported that the LHC revealed a bowling-pin-shaped atomic nucleus.

An otherwise hard-to-picture nuclear structure is described through a familiar object. The comparison alone does not explain the measurement method or the detailed structure.