Is a Hidden “Zeptouniverse” Lurking Below Reality

Scientists hunt new physics beyond Higgs limits

View in Browser  DIGITAL ISSUES GEAR REVIEWS SUBSCRIBE The Story We Can't Stop Thinking About  Exploring the zeptouniverse. When the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) confirmed the Higgs Boson in 2012, we thought it would lead to endless new breakthroughs in physics. So far, not so much. But maybe we've been looking in the wrong place this whole time. The real action may be unfolding in the "zeptouniverse," a realm so small the LHC can't see it directly. Meet the one scientist who thinks he can find it. —Andrew Daniels, Director of News This Man Says He Can Find the Hidden Universe—Now. Why Does Everyone Else Want to Wait 44 Years? A new theory suggests the universe's greatest secrets are hiding in a "zeptouniverse" that's ready to be explored—without waiting until 2070 for a new collider. Read More Scientists Drilled So Deep Into the Center of the Earth, They Knocked on the Mantle's Door The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet's largest layer. Read More Scientists Found 'Magic' Particles in the Large Hadron Collider This kind of 'magic' could lead to a computer revolution. Read More Something Weird Happened That We Can't Really Explain With Existing Physics Why did this particle mysteriously disintegrate? Read More A Version of 'You' From a Parallel Universe Could Be Manipulating Your Life, This Wild Theory Suggests Does that mean your consciousness extends across the multiverse? Read More Scientists Just Spotted a Truly Humongous Schrödinger's Cat It may sound like an oxymoron, but this massive nanoparticle made up of 7,000 sodium atoms is the largest to exhibit such quantum behavior. Read More Need Assistance? Contact Us. Follow Us Unsubscribe | Manage Preferences | Privacy Notice | CA Notice at Collection Popular Mechanics is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2026 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779