Higgs Boson is shown to decay into a combination of unexpected particles

For the first time, the particle believed to grant mass to other elementary particles broke down into a pair of muons

Discovered by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the Higgs boson or the infamous “God particle” has been one of the biggest discoveries of our time. CERN has been striving to conduct experiments that can offer insights about the unexplained forces of nature in space — namely dark energy & dark matter which make up more than 95% of the known universe.

While Higgs boson has given us some valuable insights into understanding the standard particle theory of Physics at the sub-atomic level, the particle itself is somewhat of an enigma. Scientists have been hard at work ever since this groundbreaking discovery in 2012 to better understand the particle, its possible interactions with other forces of nature, and whether and how it breaks up into other particles.

The standard model of Physics has long been challenged due to the discovery of new particles but a recent observation by the CERN team has reinforced the traditional scientific model. According to the results announced at the 40th ICHEP conference, Higgs boson — the particle believed to grant mass to other…