Large Hadron Collider Reveals Evidence of Big Bang Matter in Surprisingly Small Collisions
The result could help scientists probe dark matter and refine theories of the universe, researchers said, after analyzing 10 years of collision data.
- On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, a UK-led team of scientists announced discovery of the 'Zeptoverse,' a subatomic world about 100 billion times smaller than an atom, using the Large Hadron Collider .
- Researchers observed a rare event where a beauty quark decays into two muons, occurring only once in 10 billion instances, providing a unique method to study particles within the Zeptoverse.
- "We're knocking on the door of this zeptoverse," said Dr. Harry Cliff of Cambridge University, whose team combed through 10 years of collision data to identify the 3.2 sigma finding.
- Despite this milestone, the UK Research and Innovation agency withdrew funding for a £150m detector upgrade, raising concerns among British scientists about the UK's future international role.
- With the Future Circular Collider expected to come online around 2045, future experiments may help explain fundamental mysteries by hunting for particles hiding at even smaller scales.
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anews.com.trRare particle decay could offer clues to dark matter and origins of matter in the universe, researchers say
Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland have for the first time observed how a particle containing a bottom quark decays into two muons. The new discovery offers a new opportunity to test the Standard Model of particle physics and search for previously unknown forces of nature.
Large Hadron Collider reveals evidence of Big Bang matter in surprisingly small collisions
Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider have uncovered compelling new evidence that even relatively small atomic collisions can recreate the extraordinary state of matter that filled the universe moments after the Big Bang. Known as quark-gluon plasma, this exotic substance forms at temperatures more than 100,000 times hotter than the center of the Sun, causing ordinary particles to break apart into their fundamental building blocks.
The discovery could provide new insights into previously unknown particles.
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