CERN Experiment Creates Primordial Matter with Tiny Nuclei, Resembling Early Universe Conditions

Physicists at CERN have successfully recreated a state of matter from the early Universe, known as quark-gluon plasma, by colliding atomic nuclei significantly smaller than previously used. This experiment, involving oxygen-16 and neon-20 nuclei, provides new insights into the conditions required for matter to enter this extreme state and reveals how the particles produced can shed light on the hidden shapes of the colliding nuclei.