If matter falls down, does antimatter fall up? - Chloé Malbrunot
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Like positive and negative, or debit and credit, matter and antimatter are equal and opposite. So if matter falls down, does antimatter fall up? Chloé Malbrunot investigates that question by placing two atoms — one made of matter, and the other antimatter — in the cockpit of a plane, ready to jump. What do you think will happen?
Matter and antimatter physical properties are very similar. Masses, charges and internal properties have been measured to be the same (to a given precision) on absolute value. How can we then differentiate matter from antimatter?
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- Educator Chloé Malbrunot
- Director Franz Palomares
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Addison Anderson, Jessica Ruby
