Neutrinos could explain why matter survived the Big Bang

Neutrinos could explain why matter survived the Big Bang

An international team combining two major neutrino experiments has uncovered stronger evidence that neutrinos and antimatter don’t behave as perfect mirror images. That subtle difference may hold the key to why the universe didn’t vanish in a flash of self-destruction after the Big Bang.

An international team of scientists studying elusive particles called neutrinos has uncovered new clues about why the universe exists. 

Researchers at Indiana University have helped make a significant advance in our understanding of the universe through a partnership between two leading international neutrino experiments. Neutrinos are extremely small, nearly massless particles that constantly pass through space, planets, and even our bodies, yet rarely interact with anything. Findings published in the journal Nature move scientists closer to answering a profound question: why does the universe contain matter such as stars, planets, and life instead of being empty? The breakthrough comes from an unprecedented joint analysis of data from the NOvA experiment in the United States and T2K in Japan. These two long distance neutrino projects are among the most sophisticated of their kind. By combining their results, researchers can better study neutrinos and their antimatter counterparts, offering insight into why the universe did not self destruct immediately after the Big Bang.


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