"Matter/antimatter annihilation represents the 'ultimate' source of stored energy for space propulsion," says a November 2002 report from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.

Just a few years later, in 1932, Carl D. Anderson produced the first anti-electrons, named positrons, in the laboratory. Today, laboratory experiments around the world create and study antimatter.

Two new studies highlight the enigmatic nature of antimatter, revealing its potential role in both understanding the universe's origins and unlocking the secrets of particle physics. By Isaac ...

Although our universe is mostly normal matter, antimatter isn’t so hard to create — supernovae, black holes, and even bananas can make it.

“A kilogram of matter-antimatter annihilation releases a whopping energy that’s over 250 times greater than that of nuclear fusion and over 8 orders of magnitude (108) more than chemical ...

Matter-antimatter annihilation releases the most energy per unit mass of any known reaction in physics. A spacecraft powered by this method would require as little as one microgram of antimatter ...

Neutrinos could solve an antimatter mystery : Short Wave At the beginning of the universe, annihilation reigned supreme. Equal amounts of matter and antimatter collided. There should have been ...

A team of researchers scrutinizing the brightest gamma-ray burst in at least 10,000 years identified a unique emission line that it believes could reveal some extreme physics at the heart of the burst ...

The concept of matter-antimatter asymmetry has captivated the scientific community for decades. This phenomenon refers to the unequal amounts of matter and antimatter present in the universe ...