As we begin a Chapter 2 titled MATTER, it brings to mind anti-matter. Anti-matter was an important part of the plot in the movie Angels and Demons. According to the movie, a scientist at the CERN research facility in Geneva had found a way to contain a small amount of anti-matter, an extremely dangerous material that contains the amount of energy compared to a small nuclear weapon. Is anti-matter real?
Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space, so any thing made of particles. Particles that are electrons, neutrons and protons. Anti-matter is made of positrons, the anti-matter of electrons, and antiprotons. Anti-matter and matter can not occupy the same space. It would mean annihilation and a release of high energy. So yes the plot of Angels and Demons is plausible. Also, in 1995 CERN was able to created a form of antimatter, antihydrogen.
So if the Universe is made of matter is there another place made of antimatter? There are particles of antimatter released in the Universe. It occurs when atoms collide. Why is antimatter important or is it? It contains a large amount of energy, but at what cost?
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