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What Happened Moments After the Big Bang?
New experiments in particle physics yield surprising results about the earliest matter in the universe.
3 years ago
Neutron Stars Could Have a Layer of Exotic Quark Matter Inside Them
Deep inside a neutron star, neutrons are packed so tightly that they can break apart into quarks. As a result…
4 years ago
Another Strange Discovery From LHC That Nobody Understands
"Enhanced strangeness production" surprises experimenters at LHC's ALICE experiment.
7 years ago
Physicists Closing in on Understanding the Primordial Universe
Photo of the ALICE detector at CERN. Photo courtesy of CERN. Slamming barely nothing together is bringing scientists ever-closer to…
12 years ago