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Probably not. The universe has been here a long, long time. There is a lot of matter around, though it's concentrated in galaxies and the like. Even as gravity concentrated the matter into these "islands of stars" it would have also pulled on antimatter. There would have been a lot of annihilation. Not much antimatter would have been left.

But there is more mass in the universe than can be accounted for by what we can see. It's that "dark matter" thing. There is a greater mass of "stuff" we can't see than stuff we can. Calculations based on the effects of gravity show us this. Something is pulling on stuff, exerting a large gravimetric pull, but we can't see it. Gravity is "created" by mass, and there's a lot "missing" out in the galaxy. There isn't any argument about the "missing matter" in the universe, only where it's hiding. And the hidden matter might be antimatter. It is improbable for the reasons stated above, but the probability that there is a bunch around somewhere isn't zero.

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Can elements be made out of antimatter?

Yes. Antimatter is only a point of view concept : we can imagine any object made of what we call antimatter. According to his point of view, we would be made of antimatter. Moreover, a number of large areas of the universe, that doesn't have any contact with each other, may be made of antimatter. we wouldn't have any mean to know from where we are.


What is the law of matter and antimatter?

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Is universe a number?

Universe is not a number. it is simply everything that was ever created.


If matter and antimatter collide will it kill us as human?

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What is the mathematical proof of gravitation force between antimatter to antimatter and matter to antimatter?

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