The Higgs Boson, also called the "God Particle," is like the secret glue holding the universe together! Scientists first theorized it decades ago, but it wasn’t actually discovered until 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider. Without it, atoms wouldn’t have mass, meaning everything—stars, planets, even you—might not exist the way we do now. 🤯 But here's the weird part: some theories suggest the Higgs Boson could be unstable and might one day cause the universe to collapse! Don’t panic just yet—it could take billions of years, if it happens at all. For now, it remains one of the biggest mysteries in physics, and scientists are still trying to unlock all its secrets. 🔬🌌 Credit:
CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/:
Where's Waldo? Costume: By Fjmustak, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Where%27s_Waldo%3F_Costume.jpg
CERN LHC CMS 15: By SimonWaldherr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERN_LHC_CMS_15.jpg
CERN LHC CMS 01: By SimonWaldherr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERN_LHC_CMS_01.jpg
CERN Large Hadron Collider: By Chris Mitchell, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERN_Large_Hadron_Collider.jpg
CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ :
Collider tunnel: By Justin Pickard, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collider_tunnel.jpg
Repairs to the damaged section: By Science and Technology Facilities Council, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Repairs_being_made_in_March_2009_to_the_damaged_section_of_the_LHC._2009,_Courtesy_of_CERN._(10134154125).jpg
Nobel Prize: By Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ , https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs#/media/Fil:Nobel_Prize_4_2013.jpg
CERN OpenDays: By SimonWaldherr, CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERN_OpenDays_@_Anti_Matter_Experiments.jpg
Large Hadron Collider: By Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Large_Hadron_Collider_-_Understanding_the_Universe_Exhibition_-_BITM_-_Kolkata-2015-02-28_3313.JPG
CMS Higgs-event: By Lucas Taylor / CERN, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ , https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%B0#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:CMS_Higgs-event.jpg
Megastructures / Indigo Films and co-producers
Animation is created by Bright Side.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com
Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV
Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our Social Media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en
Stock materials (photos, footages and other):
https://www.depositphotos.com
https://www.shutterstock.com
https://www.eastnews.ru
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For more videos and articles visit:
http://www.brightside.me
CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/:
Where's Waldo? Costume: By Fjmustak, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Where%27s_Waldo%3F_Costume.jpg
CERN LHC CMS 15: By SimonWaldherr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERN_LHC_CMS_15.jpg
CERN LHC CMS 01: By SimonWaldherr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERN_LHC_CMS_01.jpg
CERN Large Hadron Collider: By Chris Mitchell, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERN_Large_Hadron_Collider.jpg
CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ :
Collider tunnel: By Justin Pickard, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collider_tunnel.jpg
Repairs to the damaged section: By Science and Technology Facilities Council, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Repairs_being_made_in_March_2009_to_the_damaged_section_of_the_LHC._2009,_Courtesy_of_CERN._(10134154125).jpg
Nobel Prize: By Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ , https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Higgs#/media/Fil:Nobel_Prize_4_2013.jpg
CERN OpenDays: By SimonWaldherr, CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CERN_OpenDays_@_Anti_Matter_Experiments.jpg
Large Hadron Collider: By Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ , https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Large_Hadron_Collider_-_Understanding_the_Universe_Exhibition_-_BITM_-_Kolkata-2015-02-28_3313.JPG
CMS Higgs-event: By Lucas Taylor / CERN, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ , https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%B0#/media/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:CMS_Higgs-event.jpg
Megastructures / Indigo Films and co-producers
Animation is created by Bright Side.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com
Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV
Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our Social Media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en
Stock materials (photos, footages and other):
https://www.depositphotos.com
https://www.shutterstock.com
https://www.eastnews.ru
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For more videos and articles visit:
http://www.brightside.me
Category
😹
FunTranscript
00:00Deep in the heart of the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, scientists have
00:05embarked on a journey to unlock the secrets of the universe.
00:09They've searched for the elusive Higgs boson, a particle that holds the key to understanding
00:15the universe itself.
00:17And after years of tireless experimentation, the impossible became possible.
00:22They finally discovered it.
00:24They uncovered a piece of the cosmic puzzle that had eluded us for decades.
00:30But what even is the Higgs boson?
00:32And why has that changed our understanding of the universe forever?
00:36And should you even care?
00:38Yes, you should.
00:39Just stick with me here.
00:41First of all, according to the Standard Model of Physics, the universe is made up of tiny
00:45building blocks called particles.
00:48You know those – protons, neutrons, and morons.
00:51Wait, probably not that last one.
00:53Let's scratch it.
00:54Anyway, the Higgs boson is the fundamental particle associated with the Higgs field.
01:00A field that gives mass to other fundamental particles, such as electrons and quarks.
01:06Which is not the sound that a duck makes, but close.
01:10First of all, let's describe the Higgs field.
01:12This is one of the fundamental fields of the universe, just like the electromagnetic field,
01:17for example, the one that gives us light and electricity.
01:21It's like a big, invisible ocean of energy that fills all of the space around us.
01:26And just like a real ocean, it has waves and currents.
01:30But instead of water, the Higgs field is made up of Higgs bosons.
01:34Now imagine you're a tiny little particle swimming through this ocean.
01:38Just like a boat in the water, you'll feel resistance as you move through the Higgs field.
01:44Some of these particles are like speedboats – they can zip through the Higgs field without
01:48feeling much resistance at all.
01:51And others, for example, the W and Z bosons, are more like giant cruise ships.
01:56They're big and heavy, so they feel a lot of resistance as they move through the Higgs
02:01field.
02:02And that resistance is what gives particles mass.
02:06The speedboats that slide easily don't pick up any mass.
02:10But giant cruise ships interact with the field more strongly and pick up a lot of mass.
02:15Now let's describe that more, you know, scientifically.
02:19When a particle interacts with the Higgs field, it creates a disturbance in the field.
02:24And this disturbance can be thought of as a Higgs boson.
02:28And the disturbance that it creates in the Higgs field is what gives mass to the interacting
02:33particle.
02:34Basically, without this field and the Higgs boson, tiny blocks of our universe, like protons
02:39and neutrons, wouldn't have the mass they need to make up atoms.
02:44Atoms wouldn't be able to form molecules.
02:46And without molecules, you wouldn't have anything.
02:49No matter, no stars, no planets, no life as we know it.
02:53Not even Brightside.
02:54Ooh, makes me shudder.
02:56So not only is the Higgs boson incredibly important, but it's also mysterious and
03:02fascinating.
03:03That's where it got its beautiful, holy nickname from.
03:07The Higgs boson was first proposed in the 1960s by a physicist Peter Higgs.
03:13Good thing his last name wasn't Bozo.
03:15Imagine the Bozo boson.
03:17Anyway, Dr. Higgs was part of the group of brilliant scientists who were seeking to understand
03:22all the different types of particles that make it up.
03:26They noticed that some of them, like the photon, which carries light, don't have mass.
03:31But others, like the W and Z bosons, do.
03:34And they were like, wait a minute, how is this possible?
03:38That's when they generated two ideas, the Higgs boson and the Higgs field.
03:44But in order to confirm this theory, we needed some proof.
03:48And since we can't see the invisible field itself, we needed to find and track at least
03:53one Higgs boson.
03:55And finding it was an incredibly hard task.
03:58Like a real-life game of Where's Waldo.
04:01All because the Higgs boson is very rare, very short-lived, and doesn't interact with
04:06other particles very often.
04:08Yep, it's just like me at parties.
04:11The Higgs boson is born when a particle passes through the Higgs field and decays almost
04:16immediately after that.
04:18Now you may remember how much the science world rejoiced when they were finally able
04:23to discover it.
04:24That's because it took decades.
04:27First of all, this task was taken up by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
04:33They were using the Large Hadron Collider, or the LHC for short.
04:38This is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world, located near Geneva,
04:43Switzerland.
04:44It smashes protons together at incredibly high speeds, recreating conditions that existed
04:50just after the Big Bang.
04:52This giant machine tries to find new particles and helps us to understand the universe better.
04:58Anyway, the team at CERN used the LHC to generate trillions of proton collisions, searching
05:04for the telltale signs of the Higgs boson.
05:08But with so many collisions happening at once, it was like searching for a needle in the
05:12haystack the size of a small country.
05:16The search for the Higgs boson was a long and exciting journey that took decades of
05:20work and the collaboration of thousands of scientists from all over the world.
05:25And after years of searching, they finally found it – the evidence of the Higgs boson.
05:31The discovery was announced on July 4, 2012, and it was major news in the science world.
05:37It was celebrated by a lot of parties and events in CERN.
05:41But it wasn't over yet.
05:42The discovery of the Higgs boson had to be confirmed, so the scientists continued to
05:47study it and collect more data.
05:50And in 2013, they announced that the Higgs boson had been confirmed with a high level
05:55of certainty.
05:56This discovery was a really big deal because it confirmed a key part of the Standard Model
06:01of Physics.
06:03The Standard Model of Particle Physics is the theory that explains how the universe
06:07works at its most basic level.
06:09It's a way for scientists to keep track of all the different types of particles and
06:14how they interact with each other.
06:16And the Higgs boson is like the VIP at this particle party.
06:20It's a crucial part of the Standard Model.
06:23Not only does it help to confirm the Standard Model, but it also highlights the need for
06:28new theories and models to explain what the Standard Model can't.
06:33Without the Higgs boson, the Standard Model wouldn't make sense, and scientists would
06:37have to come up with a whole new theory to explain why particles have mass.
06:42But with this holy particle, everything fell into place and the Standard Model was complete.
06:48It was like solving a giant puzzle, or finding a glue that holds the universe together.
06:54The discovery of the Higgs boson was a huge breakthrough for physics, but it also opened
06:59up new questions and possibilities for future research.
07:03So what's next?
07:05Well, just like any good puzzle, there are always more pieces to find and more mysteries
07:10to uncover.
07:12Scientists in LHC continue their research and experiments with the Higgs boson.
07:17They're collecting data and analyzing it to better understand the properties of this
07:21particle.
07:22They're looking at how it interacts with other particles, how it decays, and even how
07:27it behaves in different conditions.
07:29Also, the Standard Model explains a lot of what we observe in the universe, but it still
07:34has some gaps.
07:36For example, right now, it can't explain things like dark matter and dark energy.
07:41So we've created another area of research – the potential new physics beyond the Standard
07:47Model of particle physics.
07:49This new area should include things like dark matter and gravity.
07:53And some scientists believe that the Higgs boson could become a crucial part of it.
07:58It could hold the key to understanding all these mysterious phenomena.
08:03To find out if that's really the case, scientists are currently searching for other particles
08:08that could be associated with the Higgs field, such as the Higgsinos.
08:13They would be a new type of particle that could help explain, for example, how dark
08:17matter works.
08:19And lastly, researchers are also looking at the Higgs boson's role in the early universe.
08:25We want to see how it may have played a part in the formation of galaxies, stars, and even
08:30life as we know it.
08:31It's like a time machine that helps us understand how the universe came to be.
08:37So all in all, the discovery of the Higgs boson opened a door to a whole new world of
08:42possibilities.
08:44And scientists are having a blast exploring all the new questions and mysteries that come
08:48with it.
08:49It's like a treasure map, pointing us to new mysteries to uncover and new theories
08:54to explore.
08:55Hey, perhaps there is a bozo boson after all!
08:59That's it for today, so hey, if you pacified your curiosity, then give the video a like
09:04and share it with your friends!
09:06Or if you want more, just click on these videos and stay on the Bright Side!