Particle

• Researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have detected anomalous behavior in "penguin decays," which are incredibly rare particle transformations. • The observed results deviate from the theoretical predictions of the Standard Model, the foundational theory explaining the universe's fundamental particles and forces. • This discovery is significant because it provides some of the strongest evidence yet for "new physics," suggesting the existence of previously unknown particles or forces.

• Astronomers have traced a high-energy "ghost particle," known as a neutrino, back to a star-forming galaxy dubbed "Shadow Blaster." • The neutrino traveled for billions of years from a source located 11 billion light-years away, originating when the universe was only 3 billion years old. • This discovery is significant because Shadow Blaster would be the first individual dusty star-forming galaxy ever directly linked to a high-energy neutrino event.

• Researchers at CERN's Large Hadron Collider detected rare Higgs boson decay patterns that deviate from Standard Model predictions, suggesting potential physics beyond current theoretical frameworks. • The analysis examined 150 billion particle collisions collected over two years, revealing a 3.2 sigma deviation in the boson's decay pathways, announced on April 20 by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations. • The findings could indicate undiscovered particles or fundamental forces and represent significant progress toward understanding the universe's most elusive particles.

Deep canyons in the Andes are the perfect location to catch the most energetic particles in the universe. Carlos Argüelles-Delgado reveals how these intergalactic envoys could help prove the quantum nature of gravity