Tag: Big Bang
The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model for the universe from the earliest known periods through its subsequent large-scale evolution. It describes the rapid expansion of matter from a state of extremely high density and temperature.
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In the wake of partons
Today, almost all the quarks in our Universe are neatly organised into larger particles, glued together by aptly named gluons. For the first few millionths of a second after the Big Bang, however, quarks and gluons were not confined, forming instead a state of matter known as a quark–gluon plasma (QGP). By studying the QGP
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CERN Science Gateway: interactive exhibitions for everyone
The new permanent exhibitions – Discover CERN, Our Universe and Quantum World – are unlike anything CERN has developed before…
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Large Hadron Collider restarts
Beams of protons are again circulating around the collider’s 27-kilometre ring, marking the end of a multiple-year hiatus for upgrade work
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