Posted on 08/14/2015 9:14:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Matter and antimatter appear to be perfect mirror images of each other as far as anyone can see, scientists have discovered with unprecedented precision, foiling hope of solving the mystery as to why there is far more matter than antimatter in the universe.
Everyday matter is made up of protons, neutrons or electrons. These particles have counterparts known as antiparticles — antiprotons, antineutrons and positrons, respectively — that have the same mass but the opposite electric charge. (Although neutrons and antineutrons are both neutrally charged, they are each made of particles known as quarks that possess fractional electrical charges, and the charges of these quarks are equal and opposite to one another in neutrons and antineutrons.)
The known universe is composed of everyday matter. The profound mystery is, why the universe is not made up of equal parts antimatter, since the Big Bang that is thought to have created the universe 13.7 billion years ago produced equal amounts of both. And if matter and antimatter appear to be mirror images of each other in every respect save their electrical charge, there might not be much any of either type of matter left — matter and antimatter annihilate when they encounter each other
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Because most of the anti-matter is in the anti-universe? And matter is as rare in the anti-universe -- as antimatter is rare in ours?
“At this point what does it anti-matter?”
Said by Herself.
Excellent
We could sure use some antimatter.
I think she’s hoping it all cancels out.
During the first few microseconds of the Big Bang, various entities of matter and antimatter fought a war: the antimatter folks lost.
I heard the matter folks cheated.
Don't the two annihilate each other when they come together.
Is there a law in Physics that states that exactly equal amounts of matter and anti-matter must exist?
Antimatter only exists in one place: the FR servers. It is what causes the Dreaded Triple Post.
Yin Yang
I was listening a physics book some time ago. IIRC, the Universe exists because a there was a slight imbalance between matter and anti-matter when the Big Bang happened.
Any physicist who can’t see the Hand of God there is in a sad state...
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
At that moment of creation might not equal amounts of matter and antimatter been created as well as 2 universes, one primarily made of antimatter and ours?
Antimatter Lives Matter!!!
Wasn’t this explored back in 1969 with the movie JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger_%281969_film%29
Campy but good movie.
The ulan Bator air-sea rescue guy is kind of weird.
Sneaky bunch, that lot.
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