There are no definite answers with our current level of understanding of antimatter at this point but scientists believe that this is the result of an imbalance in the production of matter and antimatter particles in the early universe.
Another explanation for this phenomenon is that Antimatter may exist in relatively large amounts in far away galaxies due to inflation in the primordial time of the universe
It may have to do with the way the universe was created. Certainly if there was a lot of antimatter created, much of it may well have come in contact with matter through the billions of years the universe has existed. That would have resulted in the conversion of that antimatter (along with a like amount of matter) into energy. There may not have been much antimatter around to begin with, too. But, since the amount of visible matter represents less matter than has been calculated to exist in the uinverse, it may be that there is a good bit of antimatter out there somewhere. Not likely, but possible.
well.. it might have something to do with that protons are bigger than electrons in matter and that works out better than antimatter where positrons are the smaller in mass.
1. Why is there more matter than antimatter in the Universe? Or: Why is there matter at all? (If there were the same amount of matter and antimatter, and it came into contact, it would quickly get destroyed. 2. If antimatter is so abundant, how come we've never come in contact with it or have been able to observe it?
The concept of antimatter affects our understanding of time by challenging the symmetry between matter and antimatter. Antimatter particles have properties that are opposite to those of their corresponding matter particles, leading to questions about why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe. This imbalance could potentially impact our understanding of the fundamental laws of physics, including those related to time.
who knows, your guess is as good as mine, but i believe that matter isn't prevailing, maybe there are more antimatter than matter in some distant planet or something.
It seems the Universe consists almost entirely out of matter - that is, there are no significant amounts of antimatter. Why there is more matter than antimatter is an unsolved problem.
It is not currently known why there is more matter than antimatter. Some assymetries (differences between matter and antimatter) have been found, but they are very slight, and it is not clear how this could have been enough to create the matter we see today.
This is not currently known. There does exist some asymmetry between matter and antimatter - meaning that they are not exact opposites in all aspects - but this asymmetry is not enough to explain why matter exists.
Yes, the universe does contain antimatter, which does naturally occur, although in quantities much smaller than matter. The very slight bias of physical law in our universe towards towards matter instead of antimatter is a subject of ongoing research; some calculations indicate that for every hundred billion particles of antimatter created from the energy of the Big Bang there were roughly a hundred billion "plus one" particles of matter - the balance eventually annihilating each other during collisions, resulting in a universe almost entirely of normal matter. Regions of space currently rich in antimatter have been searched for without success to date. Very tiny amounts of light antimatter particles do exist in cosmic rays; radioactive materials can spontaneously produce antimatter particles when they decay; and it can be produced in particle accelerators.
An atom of antimatter does not contain any electrons. The equivalent of an electron in antimatter is a positron, which has charge +1.
They annihilate each other, releasing a relatively large quantity of energy, which can be calculated using the formula e=mc2, where e is the released energy in joules, m is the mass of the particles in kilograms, and c is the speed of light in metres per second
Wormholes and antimatter are not directly related. Wormholes are theoretical passages through spacetime that could potentially allow for faster-than-light travel, while antimatter is a form of matter that has properties opposite to those of normal matter. Both concepts are from the field of theoretical physics, but they address different phenomena.