The Higgs Boson (in relation to particle physics)

The Higgs boson is a fundamental particle in physics, discovered in 2012 at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. It is associated with the Higgs field, an invisible energy field that permeates the universe. As particles move through this field, they gain mass—similar to how objects moving through water experience resistance. This process helps explain why some particles are heavy, while others are light or massless. The discovery of the Higgs boson confirmed a key part of the Standard Model of particle physics, enhancing our understanding of how the universe's fundamental components behave and interact.