CERN Scientists Find Evidence of Ultra-Rare Particle Decay, Hinting at 'Zeptoverse'

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Published: 2026-11-05
Category: science
Source: CERN / Multiple Science News Outlets

Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider have found evidence of an extraordinarily rare particle decay, occurring approximately once in every 10 billion cases. This finding, announced by the LHCb collaboration, offers a new avenue to explore the subatomic world and potentially uncover unknown particles and forces within what researchers are calling the 'zeptoverse,' a scale a million times smaller than a proton. The statistical significance of the result is 3.2 sigma, providing evidence but not yet meeting the 5-sigma threshold for a definitive discovery.

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