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Surprising Result Seen in Primordial Matter Inside Atom Smasher

Original: Surprising result seen in primordial matter inside atom smasher https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surprising-re

A new Scientific American report describes a surprising experimental result from studies of primordial matter—the quark-gluon plasma recreated in particle colliders such as those at CERN. Scientists probing this early-universe state of matter have observed behavior that defies existing expectations, prompting physicists to revisit their theoretical models of how the universe's first moments unfolded.

Why now: Physicists and science followers are discussing the finding because it challenges current models of the early universe's primordial matter.

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