Summary:
- This article discusses the discovery of a new type of neutrino particle, the sterile neutrino, which could have significant implications for our understanding of the fundamental particles that make up the universe.
- Sterile neutrinos are a hypothetical fourth type of neutrino that do not interact with normal matter, unlike the three known types of neutrinos (electron, muon, and tau neutrinos).
- The detection of sterile neutrinos could lead to a revision of the Standard Model of particle physics, the leading theory that describes the fundamental particles and forces in the universe.