Why Are We Made of Matter?

Posted by timothy on Sunday April 6, 2014 @05:41AM from the better-than-the-alternate dept.

StartsWithABang (3485481) writes "The Universe began with equal amounts of matter and antimatter after the Big Bang, and yet when we look out at today's Universe, we find that, even on the largest scales, it's made of at least 99.999%+ matter and not antimatter. The problem of how we went from a matter-antimatter-symmetric Universe to the matter-dominated one we have today is known as baryogenesis, and is one of the greatest unsolved problems in physics. Where are we on the quest to understand it as of April, 2014? A wonderful and comprehensive recap is here."

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Re:Ah, antimatter by Anonymous Coward · 2014-04-06 06:30 · Score: -1, Troll

Religion is a cheap thing. Anyone can make one up and get all offended when we call you out on your BS.
Re:Ah, antimatter by smittyoneeach · 2014-04-06 06:57 · Score: -1, Troll

What do you mean? We're paying big bucks for the research into the scientific faith. Not saying we should not, I hasten to add, as this is /., but let's call faith like we see it.

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