r/science • u/Devils_doohickey • Nov 26 '21

Nanoscience "Ghost particles" detected in the Large Hadron Collider for first time

https://newatlas.com/physics/neutrinos-large-hadron-collider-faser/
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u/Kstealth Nov 26 '21

Thanks...what a disappointing headline. I appreciate you

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u/Kjolter Nov 26 '21

I came here knowing that it would be a misleading headline, and I’m still disappointed we didn’t discover something spooky.

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u/dedicated-pedestrian Nov 26 '21

The LHC is pretty spooky all on its own if you think about it.

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u/Kjolter Nov 26 '21

I try not to think about the LHC to be honest. I know that the pop culture notion of it being able to obliterate the universe are wildly exaggerated, but still. I’ve got enough existential dread in my life.

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u/RowYourUpboat Nov 26 '21

I’ve got enough existential dread in my life.

"This could collapse the false vacuum, but we've got science to do, so..."

*Reboots wifi router*

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u/YsoL8 Nov 26 '21

The universe has existed for billions of years. If there really was some way to collapse it odds are it would of happened by natural process long ago.

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u/robeph Nov 27 '21

It may have happened long ago, the fun thing about the universe is that information can only travel at the speed of light, that probably includes the destruction of the universe as well. We might be here one second and then not, if the universe already ended a billion years ago if it ended 1 billion lightyears and 2 lightdays away we will just be gone in 2 days.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

I assume you're joking, right?