highwaystar101 said:
Kasz216 said:
highwaystar101 said:
Kasz216 said:
So they had to up and make it eh?
I remember a discovery a year or two back where they thought they discovered some naturally hidden on earth.
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No, anti matter has been known about for a long time, but this is the first time that atoms of antimatter have been trapped. That's never been done before, this is a great chance to finally study antimatter atoms.
Usually the antimatter sub atomic particles (anti-protons and positrons) are obliterated by coming into contact with regular matter before it can form an atom, releasing a lot of energy and not giving us time to observe an atom.
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Ah, so those were just the particles they found then eh?
Been a while since I read that article... it was something really weird about mining for it. You know, on second thought it might of been Dark Matter. That would make a lot more sense.
They ever think up any good theoretical uses for anti-matter outside of "perfect unstopable bomb."
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They have found traces of dark matter at the bottom of mines, allegedly. I know what you're referring to though, but I'm not sure anything ever came out of it.
As for uses, it would make an amazing fuel I would imagine. A lot of energy is released when matter and antimatter meets, surely it can be practical for something in the future.
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Yeah, that's what I was talking about. Just woke up, so the mind is a bit foggy. Had a cold last few days.
Yeah, that's a good point too... bombs do also make good fuel. Slightly pessimistic today I guess.
I can only imagine how pumped those scientitsts who did it were.
Probably STILL pumped.
