Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe's Origins
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CERN scientists created tiny "little big bangs" by colliding oxygen and neon atoms, generating quark-gluon plasma, the hot soup that existed microseconds after the universe began. Previously, only heavy elements like lead could produce this state, but this breakthrough pushes the boundaries of how small collisions can recreate primordial matter.
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