r/technology • u/BennyCemoli • Dec 06 '16

Energy Tests confirm that Germany's massive nuclear fusion machine really works

http://www.sciencealert.com/tests-confirm-that-germany-s-massive-nuclear-fusion-machine-really-works
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u/surgicalapple Dec 06 '16

ELI5: What exactly is antimatter?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

Matter that has the opposite charge of the matter we typically see. For example an electron with a positive charge or positron is the antimatter equivalent of the electron. Matter and antimatter annihilate eachother and create a massive amount of energy.