Antimatter

Solved Mystery Podcast

If antimatter exists, why can’t we find it? Today, scientists know so little about antimatter that it’s hard to believe it exists at all. We see antimatter having amazing capabilities in shows and movies and have a little taste of what it can do here on Earth, but most of it seems to have escaped from our grasp. In this episode, we dive into some of the most common or tested theories working to explain where antimatter is, since physicists believe it should be way more present in our atmosphere. Is it in space, has it been transformed by radioactive activity, did it even exist in the first place? Join this episode to hear about the current state of antimatter research today – and find out where it might lead to in the future if we can ever figure out where it disappeared to!

Season 1, Episode 3 - Antimatter

Topics include:

• Antimatter
• Physics
• Particle physics
• Subatomic particles
• Quantum mechanics
• Matter-antimatter asymmetry
• Annihilation
• Proton-antiproton collisions
• Positrons
• Electrons
• CERN
• Energy
• Mass
• Dark matter
• Big Bang
• Particle accelerators
• Quantum field theory
• Antihydrogen
• Antiprotons
• Neutrinos
• Cosmic rays
• Symmetry breaking
• Antigravity
• Antimatter propulsion
• Interstellar travel
• Nuclear medicine
• PET scans
• Radiation therapy.