Shape-shifting collisions probe secrets of early Universe

2025-09-19T12:00:00
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18 September 2025

The first high-energy collisions between light nuclei at the Large Hadron Collider confirm the unusual “bowling-pin” shape of neon nuclei and offer up a new tool to study the extreme state of matter produced in the aftermath of the Big Bang!

 

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