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A forgotten heavy neutrino may solve why matter survived the Big Bang

Physicists from the University of Southampton and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have found that a neglected particle may explain why matter exists today instead of empty space. Their analysis shows that a decoupled heavy neutrino briefly dominated the cosmos after the Big Bang, tipping the balance against antimatter.

Giovanni Sapere

News

The retention of materials by the Moon

A discovery published in Nature has established that the rate of retention of impact hammers by the Moon is lower than expected. This would explain the absence of valuable materials on our Satellite.

Giovanni Sapere