Higgs boson

The Higgs boson is a fundamental particle in physics that is associated with the Higgs field, which permeates the universe. This field gives mass to other particles, allowing them to form the matter we see around us. Without it, particles would just zip around at light speed, and atoms—and thus everything—wouldn't exist as we know them. Discovered at CERN in 2012, the Higgs boson confirmed a key part of the Standard Model of particle physics, which describes how the fundamental building blocks of matter interact. Its discovery enhanced our understanding of the universe's structure.