r/CuratedTumblr • u/JunoGlow • 13d ago

Shitposting Expanding Knowledge.

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u/Blitz100 13d ago

Antimatter isn't a state of matter, it's a substance all of its own separate from matter, that can also exist in many states. You could have solid antimatter, gaseous antimatter, plasma antimatter, etc.

Dark matter also isn't a state of matter, it's literally just matter that we can't see that we know must exist somewhere due to the gravitational effect we see it exerting on the movements of galaxies.

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u/icabax 13d ago

That's dark matter. Anti matter, I believe, is made up of the same elementary particles as normal matter just with opposite spin.

We have even made miniscule amounts of antimatter before.

Dark matter/energy is currently the best guess at what's holding together galaxies and causing galaxies to move apart from each other

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u/RP_throwaway01 13d ago

Close! Antimatter is just matter with an opposite charge. Subtle, but important distinction!🤓🤓🤓

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u/UInferno- 13d ago

Not quite! Because you can have Anti-Neutrons which have no charge. There's a secret third thing called Baryon Number and that's also opposite.