According to modern physics, the Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter. When particles of matter and antimatter meet, they instantly annihilate each other in a flash of pure energy. If equal amounts were produced, everything in the cosmos should have vanished billions of years ago, leaving behind an empty sea of light.
Yet, everywhere astronomers look, the universe is made almost entirely of matter. Stars, planets, distant galaxies, and human beings exist because a tiny imbalance occurred during the first moments of creation. Physicists call this fundamental riddle the baryon asymmetry problem.
Experiments at major laboratories like CERN continue to collide particles to search for subtle differences between matter and antimatter behavior. While researchers have discovered small asymmetries, they are far too tiny to explain the vast amount of surviving matter. Where all the antimatter went remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in modern science.
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