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# Is the LHC Creating Dark Matter?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/is-the-lhc-creating-dark-matter-nmlwy7/
- Published: 2026-03-06T16:45:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-06T17:00:17.000Z
- Description: The Higgs boson may open a portal to hidden particles that could explain dark matter.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 11, Episode 23, #ZZZ_Episode_7c904a00-554a-452d-b6bb-700c894e97ce, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

Fears that the Large Hadron Collider might create world-destroying black holes never came true. But it may open a different kind of portal: the Higgs boson could connect our known particles to a hidden “dark sector” of invisible particles, potentially explaining the mystery of dark matter.