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Learn about antimatter and its properties, and understand the annihilation of matter and antimatter

1,000,000,001 − 1,000,000,000 = 1

Listen to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson narrate a brief history of the formation of the universe, from the big bang to the present

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What Is Antimatter?

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Learn about antimatter and its properties, and understand the annihilation of matter and antimatter

Learn about antimatter and its properties, and understand the annihilation of matter and antimatter

Learn about antimatter and its properties.

Video: © MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

1,000,000,001 − 1,000,000,000 = 1

1,000,000,001 − 1,000,000,000 = 1

When matter meets antimatter, the particles annihilate each other. So, in our evolving...

Video: © World Science Festival (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Listen to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson narrate a brief history of the formation of the universe, from the big bang to the present

Listen to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson narrate a brief history of the formation of the universe, from the big bang to the present

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson narrating a brief history of the universe, from...

Video: © MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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