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After 42 years of searching, physicists at CERN have found evidence of a particle decay so rare that it happens only once in approximately 10 billion events.
The breakthrough comes from the Large Hadron Collider, where scientists accelerate protons to nearly the speed of light and smash them together to investigate the fundamental building blocks of matter.
Researchers detected evidence of an extremely rare process involving a particle called the B⁰ meson, which contains a beauty quark and a down antiquark.
These particles exist for only about 1.5 trillionths of a second before decaying into other particles. In this particular process, the meson transforms into a muon and an antimuon, two particles closely related to electrons.
Scientists have been searching for this specific decay since 1984. Its extreme rarity makes it particularly valuable because even tiny influences from unknown particles could change how frequently it occurs.
Using upgraded detectors, machine learning, and data collected over several years, the LHCb collaboration achieved a statistical significance of 3.2 sigma.
This is strong enough to count as scientific evidence, although further observations are needed to reach the five-sigma threshold normally required to confirm a discovery.
The results agree with predictions from the Standard Model, our most successful theory describing fundamental particles and their interactions.
But the real significance extends beyond confirming an existing prediction.
By measuring extraordinarily rare events, scientists can indirectly investigate physical processes at scales far smaller than those accessible through direct observation.
Researchers call this unexplored territory the zeptoverse, where new particles or forces might eventually help explain mysteries such as dark matter and why matter survived the early universe.
The findings have not yet undergone peer review, and no new particle has been discovered.
Still, after more than four decades, physicists have gained a powerful new way to investigate the fundamental laws governing reality.
Source: CERN; University of Cambridge; ScienceAlert.
ALT After 42 years of searching, physicists at CERN have found evidence of a particle decay so rare that it happens only once in approximately 10 billion events. The breakthrough comes from the Large Hadron Collider, where scientists accelerate protons to nearly the speed of light and smash them together to investigate the fundamental building blocks of matter. Researchers detected evidence of an extremely rare process involving a particle called the B⁰ meson, which contains a beauty quark and a down antiquark. These particles exist for only about 1.5 trillionths of a second before decaying into other particles. In this particular process, the meson transforms into a muon and an antimuon, two particles closely related to electrons. Scientists have been searching for this specific decay since 1984. Its extreme rarity makes it particularly valuable because even tiny influences from unknown particles could change how frequently it occurs.
Sunday Science.
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Israel’s first AI robotic spine surgery! 🤖🇮🇱 Hadassah surgeons used the advanced Stealth AXiS™️ system to correct severe scoliosis in an 18-year-old, who walked home pain-free days later.
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A 4.5-billion-year-old space rock just spelled out the entire genetic alphabet.
Japanese scientists confirmed that samples from asteroid Ryugu contain all five nucleobases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil. Those are the molecules that write the code in DNA and RNA.
In 2023, researchers had only found uracil. Now they’ve found the full set.
JAXA’s Hayabusa2 brought the samples home in 2020, just 5.4 grams of pristine asteroid material. Because it was collected in space, Earth contamination can’t explain the result.
It’s not a one-off, either. NASA’s Bennu samples turned up all five in 2025.
Life’s raw ingredients may have been scattered across the early Solar System, waiting for a ride to Earth.
Source: ScienceDaily / The Conversation, Kliti Grice (Curtin University); Koga et al., “A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu,” Nature Astronomy, 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41550-026-02791-z
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🚨 The Particle That REFUSES To Be Alone
Deep inside every atom hides one of the strangest mysteries in the universe… quarks. Scientists say these tiny particles can never exist by themselves. The moment you try to pull one away, nature fights back with an unbelievable amount of energy.
The farther apart they get, the stronger the force becomes — almost like the universe is refusing to let them escape. Some physicists say separating quarks completely would require an endless amount of energy. Instead of freeing a quark, the energy creates entirely new particles out of empty space.
It sounds less like physics… and more like a hidden rule woven into reality itself. Why would the universe lock these particles together forever?
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ALT 🚨 The Particle That REFUSES To Be Alone Deep inside every atom hides one of the strangest mysteries in the universe… quarks. Scientists say these tiny particles can never exist by themselves. The moment you try to pull one away, nature fights back with an unbelievable amount of energy. The farther apart they get, the stronger the force becomes — almost like the universe is refusing to let them escape. Some physicists say separating quarks completely would require an endless amount of energy. Instead of freeing a quark, the energy creates entirely new particles out of empty space. It sounds less like physics… and more like a hidden rule woven into reality itself. Why would the universe lock these particles together forever? Source: CERN. The strong force and quarks
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"It was the people I met that had the greatest impact on me."
2025 physics laureate John Clarke told us about a long bike ride he took when he was just 20-years-old. Even after being awarded a Nobel Prize, he described this trip as one of the greatest experiences of his life.
Watch our full interview: nobelprize.org/prizes/physic…
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After 5 years and 2.2. billion miles, NASA's Lucy spacecraft has reached the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. These asteroids serve as time capsules from the birth of our solar system, rich with clues about the environment in which Earth & other planets formed.
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An unforgettable visit with long lasting message!
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My book on antisemitism (Oxford Univ. Press) came out in Bulgarian, the 1st of several foreign-language editions in the works.
I had the privilege of presenting the book to #Bulgaria’s Prime Minister @RumenRadevPM &, joined by 2 Bulgarian Jewish leaders, discussing it with him.
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🚨 PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC SCHOLARS CALL FOR JIHAD TO CONQUER PARIS
From the MEMRI TV archives: Palestinian Islamic scholars preached that Muslim armies would crush Paris, dismantle its civilization, and establish an Islamic Caliphate.
They presented three choices for non-Muslims: convert to Islam, pay the “jizya” poll tax, or face death.
The speakers also claimes French citizens were converting to Islam every hour.
Europe: morning science.
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CERN may be on the verge of breaking the long-standing laws of physics, as unexpected subatomic particle decays signal unknown forces beyond the Standard Model.
For over five decades, the Standard Model of particle physics has served as the ultimate blueprint for understanding the fundamental building blocks of our universe.
However, recent groundbreaking experiments at CERN are revealing compelling anomalies that threaten to upend this bedrock theory. Researchers examining rare B meson transformations, known as penguin decays, discovered subatomic behavior that repeatedly deviates from theoretical predictions.
If verified, these unexpected decay patterns suggest that undiscovered particles or entirely new fundamental forces are quietly influencing physical reality at the most microscopic level.
The implications of these observations could mark the most monumental revolution in physics since the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012.
While the Standard Model has successfully explained countless physical phenomena, it remains famously incomplete, failing to account for dark matter or gravity. Scientists worldwide are now eagerly analyzing additional collision data to determine whether these anomalies represent statistical noise or the literal unraveling of physics as we know it.
Breaking these rules might finally give humanity the long-sought key to understanding the dark, unseen majority of the cosmos.
source: CERN LHCb Collaboration. (2026). Measurement of Rare B Meson Decays and Tests of the Standard Model. European Organization for Nuclear Research.
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Anybody born after Oct. 30, 2000, has never known a day without a human presence in space.
Since the beginning of the first expedition 26 years ago on Nov 2, the International Space Station has been inhabited continuously.
📷 The @Space_Station in 2010
ALT The International Space Station as it appeared on April 17, 2010, when photographed by an STS-131 crew member after space shuttle Discovery undocked from the station. The space station is backdropped by the Earth which shines in a deep blue and is covered in elongate clouds.
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An atom is far more complex than the familiar diagrams showing electrons orbiting a nucleus like planets around the Sun. This remarkable visualization represents something much closer to how quantum physics describes the behavior of matter.
At the center of every atom is a tiny nucleus containing protons and, in most atoms, neutrons. Surrounding it are electrons, but they do not travel along fixed circular paths. Instead, their behavior is described by mathematical functions called wavefunctions.
In quantum mechanics, electrons exist in regions known as orbitals. These describe where an electron is likely to be detected when measured. Unlike classical objects, electrons cannot generally be assigned a precise position and a definite path around the nucleus at the same time.
The colorful lines in this visualization resemble the complex patterns that emerge when scientists use mathematics and computer simulations to represent quantum behavior. Such images help illustrate why the structure of an atom is fundamentally different from the miniature solar system many of us learned about in school.
One of the most extraordinary facts about atoms is their scale. A typical atom measures around one ten-billionth of a meter across, while its nucleus is roughly 100,000 times smaller. Almost all of an atom’s mass is concentrated inside that tiny central region.
Despite this enormous difference in scale, electrons determine much of how atoms interact. Their quantum states govern chemical bonding, the absorption and emission of light, and the electrical properties of materials. Everything from the colors we see to the technology inside our phones depends on these interactions.
However, this image should not be mistaken for a literal photograph of an atom. No single visualization can show every aspect of an atom’s quantum state, and the appearance depends on the model being represented. What makes quantum mechanics remarkable is that its mathematical predictions have been tested with extraordinary precision.
Source: CERN dot ch; Britannica dot com; Physics World dot com.
Neutrinos are everywhere, but they do not make themselves known. They pass all the way through the Earth and through our bodies without us noticing.
This year’s physics laureate Francis Halzen realised that ice at the South Pole could be used to track these secretive particles. His vision, first presented in the late 1980s, led to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, that covers an entire cubic kilometre and was finished in 2011. Researchers soon discovered the first high-energy neutrinos and, a few years later, could publish their discovery of neutrinos that must originate far outside our solar system.
“By detecting these neutrinos, we can learn something about cosmic sources which otherwise would not be accessible to us,” said Mark Pearce, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.
Listen to him explain more about the 2026 physics prize: nobelprize.org/prizes/physic…
ALT A large research facility is set against a snowy landscape under the vivid aurora borealis. The night sky is filled with stars, and the Milky Way is visible. The scene gives a sense of isolation and scientific exploration in a remote location.