This year’s Nobel prize in physics honours research into ghostly particles that shed light on the distant universe. Listen to our analysis, on “Babbage” https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2026/10/07/the-2026-nobel-prizes-for-science?taid=6acb3d597a4b4a000136267b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter