Inside CERN’s ‘antimatter factory’ creating antihydrogen - BBC News

Our universe is full of matter, and each and every particle of matter, theoretically, has an anti-matter counterpart.

These allusive particles have fascinated physicists for decades.

And now the Antimatter Factory at CERN has succeeded in creating antihydrogen.

Researchers hope it could help answer one of the universe’s biggest mysteries: where did all the antimatter go?

This video is from Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme.

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[fakename]

Fun fact from a guy with an MSc in theoretical physics:

In the mathematics of field theories, the _maths_ actually says that antimatter should have a _negative mass_. This has always been assumed to be a quirk of the mathematics rather than anything physical, but it really shows that does experiments such as alpha-g and AEGIS is really quite critical.

I would be shocked, but not surprised, to learn that antimatter is Gravitationally repulsive to regular matter.

[SeriousMan]

If you're feeling confused: Antimatter is 99.9...% lab-verified. As for Dark matter, it's mostly a game with calculations and more high-level 'fits-all'(almost) explanation - no direct evidence or reduction to simpler particles yet. Dark matter existence sparks more debates, making the science even more thrilling!

[verslalchimie]

When dining at an Italian restaurant, please DO NOT order the pasta and antipasta at the same time. The results could be cataclysmic.

[SamiKotiranta]

That lab truly looks like something evil genius would have... Awesome...

[Blue-owns]

intro music made me think i was watching “you wouldn’t steal a TV” piracy ad from 2000s🤣

[just_kos]

You know, showing a graphic of a positron (positive electron) didn't do much good if you don't explain that electrons are normally a negative charge. Changing it from negative to positive is what makes it anti-matter. You may've wanted to mention that.

[Pining_for_the_fjords]

"What if anitmatter falls up?" sounded like such a Philomena Cunk question.

[cugcqzp]

Strange, didnt really tell us anything about how they allegedly made anti-matter, or how they know for sure it is anti-matter

[Kramlets]

Maybe the universe bounces between an anti-universe and a regular universe, and the big bang was the intersection point?

[sarchasm_puns]

Steins;Gate has been opened. The organisation is on to us

[winstong]

Maybe the antimatter is just on the farthest outskirts of the universe, and it’s interaction with the inner matter is why the universe is ever expanding

[a-fl-man]

what a maze of wires and tubing. it's amazing they can get the system to run. somebody has to troubleshoot all that jumbled up mess because you know something that complicated will be breaking down repeatedly.

[razibhasan]

One thing he said wrong is that 0:37 the rarest and most expensive material in the know universe is not anti matter it is humans and plants

[primordialious]

Humans: Anti-matter is the most expensive thing.
Aliens: We just want some water man, all our shit is frozen or boiled.

[Life_Is_A...]

When your favorite Dan Brown novel is finally becoming a reality!

[kohinoore]

This program is already deployed in effect and with a great success, it's called Antiforest

[streamofconsciousness]

That ALPHA-g device was built in Canada. 🍁
That Green cap in the Yellow cage is what he is talking about, not the Aluminum Piece behind/beside him. 3:51

[mkdesu]

When I see CERN my mind leads automatically back to the anime Steins;Gate which references CERN I didn't know CERN was real

[Gabeyre]

Anti Hyderogen! The way to travel galaxies in seconds.

[m_a_s]

I'm shocked at how poor their cable management is.