CERN Experiment Detects Fluid Patterns in Early Universe's Quark-Gluon Plasma

MIT-led researchers using CERN's CMS detector observed fluid-like splashes and swirling motions from single matter building blocks within the universe's primordial liquid. This discovery, based on 13 billion heavy-ion collisions, confirms that the quark-gluon plasma, present in the cosmos's first microseconds, behaves collectively as a liquid when energetic particles pass through it, advancing understanding of the early universe.