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Infamous 'neutron lifetime puzzle' may finally have a solution — but it involves invisible atoms

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A new theoretical study proposes a second flavor of hydrogen atoms that doesn't interact with light.

Eugene Oks , a physicist at Auburn University , says it could explain much of the universe's missing matter.

It could also explain the identity of dark matter, the unseen material that's thought to make up most of the matter in the universe.

A team is preparing an experiment based on two key ideas at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico .

A similar experiment is also being prepared in Germany at the Forschungszentrum Jülich , a national research institute near Garching .

If confirmed, such findings could reshape our understanding of cosmic history.

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