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boem@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory

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Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory

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boem@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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Observing this simple phenomenon had eluded physicists for decades.
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    Hmm interesting. I wondered if it would be attracted or repelled by matter. It does annihilate when it comes in contact with mater, right?

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      Isn’t “falling up” just another way of saying that it’s repelled by matter?

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        Yes

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