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?
What does a physicist mean when she says “a particle decays to another”? Could you give example of such a decay? Does every particle decay? Why?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Chloé Malbrunot
- Director Franz Palomares
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Addison Anderson, Jessica Ruby
