How Do You Hold Something That Destroys Everything It Touches?
The Penning trap began as a vacuum gauge. Now it helps scientists contain antimatter and ask why the universe exists at all.
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Cosmic Mysteries.
Dark matter, fundamental physics, and observations that refuse to fit neatly inside the models.
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The Antimatter Experiment That Asks Why Anything Exists
CERN scientists are trapping antihydrogen atoms with magnets and lasers to test one of the strangest questions in physics.
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The Math for Interstellar Travel Already Exists
For most of human history, traveling to another star system has belonged to the realm of fantasy.
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