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The worlds most famous equation, E=mc^2, describes the relationship between matter and energy. The energy contained in matter is its weight in kilograms times the speed of light (300 000 000 m/s) squared, an enormous number. One of the most basic laws of the universe is that energy never can disappear or be created, but it can change form. E=mc^2 tells us that matter is simply one form of energy, and it can change form into another form of energy, destroying the matter in the process. Perhaps the best example is anti-matter which will annihilate with ordinary matter and release all the energy concentrated in it as light, destroying both the particle and its anti-particle. The reverse is also possible: a sufficiently energetic photon can create a particle and an anti-particle, destroying the photon.

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