OMG science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
5 days agoWhere did the OMG' particle come from?!
Cosmic rays, originating from various sources, constantly bombard Earth, carrying high kinetic energy but are harmlessly absorbed by the atmosphere.
A core question we want to understand is where did matter come from. And then, if you know about antimatter, it's natural to ask, why is that not here? The process is not understood and we are hunting for clues as to why it happened, says Dr Christian Smorra, a physicist on the Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment (Base) at Cern.