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Why is matter more common?
The Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter, which would then annihilate each other, leaving nothing behind. The Southampton researchers suggest that the slow decay of a heavy neutrino could have tipped the scales, allowing matter to dominate and form everything we see today. This solves a fundamental puzzle.
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