what is antimatter? Does it exist? How does it matter to us?
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To understand antimatter I feel like you should first try to understand the concept of nothing.
Imagine someone digging a hole as they are digging a hole they are also creating a small hill with the dirt they are moving. As they continue to dig the hole, the hole gets bigger and as a result so does the dirt Hill. In short summary the hill was only created because the hole was dug.
Matter is very similar to this. Matter is created by the imbalance of nothing, when that imbalance occurs there is both matter and antimatter created at the same time. When matter and antimatter meet they annihilate each other and disappear. Just like putting the dirt back in the hole the hole was never there.
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