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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Recreating Big Bang matter on Earth

Our fifth story in the LHC Physics at Ten series looks at how the LHC has recreated and greatly advanced our knowledge of the state of matter that is believed to have existed shortly after the Big Bang

Feature
Physics
13 November, 2020
Physics
Feature
13 November, 2020

Download the Big Bang on your smartphone

Travel through the history of space, time and matter within minutes

News
Knowledge sharing
06 March, 2019
Knowledge sharing
News
06 March, 2019

Big Bang animation

Video
Physics
Physics
Video

Lead ion and proton: Close encounters of the third kind

For the third time ever the LHC today began colliding beams of protons with lead ions to probe the early universe from which matter emerged

News
Physics
10 November, 2016

n_TOF plays hide-and-seek with cosmological lithium

The n_TOF collaboration has added an important piece to the puzzle of the cosmological lithium problem

News
Experiments
14 October, 2016
Experiments
News
14 October, 2016

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Experiments
Experiments