PBS Space Time
This Particle Solved Everything. We Just Found Out It Isn't Real
2026 • E2 Jan 22, 2026 20m
The universe thrums with quantum fields; and the particles of matter and force emerge as vibrational manifestations of the deep symmetries of these fields. The layers and reflections of those symmetries give us the wonderful richness of what we call the standard model of particle physics. Except there seems to be something missing: the sterile neutrino.
