Latest CERN Results Indicate There Is Something Very Wrong With Particle Physics

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Computer simulation of rare decay of Bs meson in the LHCb detector. CERN

Science is always pushing the limit of accepted theories until we find that they don’t work anymore. And the latest results from CERN indicate that we might be on the verge of new physics.

The data looks at a special particle called a B meson. The current theory of particle physics, the Standard Model, has very specific predictions on the frequency and angle at which the B meson decays, but it doesn’t match what has been seen in the experiment.