8/23/2026
Dark Matter Ā· history-instruments

Physicists create a tiny ā€œBig Bangā€ with surprisingly small atomic nuclei

Filed by Dr. Kai Vega
Physicists create a tiny ā€œBig Bangā€ with surprisingly small atomic nuclei
Researchers at CERN have created microscopic versions of the early Universe by colliding surprisingly small atomic nuclei at nearly the speed of light. The collisions produced quark-gluon plasma, the ultra-hot matter believed to have filled the cosmos shortly after the Big Bang. Even more intriguingly, the particles left behind reveal the shape of the nuclei that created them, offering a new way to probe both nuclear physics and the Universeā€™s earliest moments.
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Dr. Kai Vega
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