Something EXTREMELY STRANGE just happened at CERN! Have we discovered NEW PHYSICS?

At CERN in Switzerland, researchers have discovered an event that could revolutionize our understanding of physics. An extremely rare decay that only occurs 13 times in 100 billion cases has been observed - a scientific needle in a haystack the size of a galaxy! It is the decay of a charged kaon into a pion and a neutrino-antineutrino pair. Sounds complicated? Don't worry, in this video I'll explain everything to you step by step. This decay is particularly exciting because it occurs more frequently than the standard model of particle physics predicts. The researchers even reached the 5-sigma level, which means that the probability of it being a coincidence is extremely low. What is behind this discovery? It could point to new particles or completely new physical laws! Perhaps we are at the beginning of a new era in physics - and who knows, perhaps this will bring us closer to the development of warp drive. Ready for the journey into the depths of particle physics?

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Sources:
https://www.sciencealert.com/cern-confirms-ultra-rare-particle-transformation-hints-at-new-physics
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1447422/attachments/2933457/5151932/CERNSeminar_240924_NA62_JSwallow_vP.pdf