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Visiting the Big Bang

Posted by michael on from the playing-tourist-with-RHIC dept.

DarkKnightRadick writes "An article at the NYTimes.com (Free reg) is reporting that researchers in Long Island, NY are attempting to create the quark-gluon plasma that existed a trillionth of a second after the big bang, when the universe was just the size of a marble or grapefruit. "Sam Aronson was perched a few stories up on a metal catwalk, surrounded by tons of Russian steel and Japanese electronics, and enough wires to impress even Con Ed, when he paused to say what really interested him about the $600 million machine. Time, he said. More precisely, the beginning of time, just after the Big Bang, some 14 billion years ago.""

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  1. Full text by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not trying to whore here, just being helpful:

    Welcome to The New York Times on the Web! For full access to our site, please complete this simple registration form. As a member, you'll enjoy: In-depth coverage and analysis of news events from The New York Times FREE Up-to-the-minute breaking news and developing stories FREE Exclusive Web-only features, classifieds, tools, multimedia and much, much more FREE Please enter your Member ID: Please enter your password: Remember my Member ID and password on this computer. Forgot your password? Choose a Member ID: Choose a password: (Five character minimum) Re-enter your password for verification: E-Mail Address: Remember my Member ID and password on this computer
  2. Sounds like a superhero/villain origin story. by Mirkon · · Score: 4, Funny
    "...researchers in Long Island, NY are attempting to create the quark-gluon plasma that existed a trillionth of a second after the big bang, when the universe was just the size of a marble or grapefruit."

    A freak accident in the laboratory led to the spill of this quark-gluon plasma on an unfortunate researcher, turning him into...

    Quark-Gluon Man!

    Faster than a speeding universal boundary
    More powerful than a supernova
    Able to create dimensions within a single bound

    --
    Glog!
    1. Re:Sounds like a superhero/villain origin story. by DrLudicrous · · Score: 5, Funny

      Quark-Gluon Man! Master of the Strong Nuclear Force! Charming, yet Strange, he flies Up and Down, seeking Truth and Beauty wherever he collides!