I’ve tried reading up on it but my brain can’t comprehend the concept of matter having an opposite. Like… if it’s the opposite of matter then it just wouldn’t exist?
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All stuff is made of tiny bits called particles.
There are many different types of particles (some big, some small, some strange)
Every *type* of particle has an “opposite type”. In other words, the types are paired up in some way.
What is the relationship between a type of particle and it’s opposite? Why are these types related?
Well, if two particles of opposite types touch one another then they disappear.
Well, that’s not quite right. They don’t leave nothing behind at all. When they disappear there is a flash of light.
You can think of photons (bits of light) as being the “zero” of particles.
You might argue that “disappear” is a bit overly dramatic if there’s all these photons left behind, but if you exploded into flash of light, then I’d feel pretty safe saying you disappeared.
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