Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory

3 years ago by boem to c/science

Observing this simple phenomenon had eluded physicists for decades.
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hperrin 1 point 3 years ago

Why would anyone think it would fall up?

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edryd 6 points 3 years ago

Because there is no theory of quantum gravity we have no idea how gravity could interact with anti matter. By showing that antimatter behaves just like matter when interacting with gravity we can learn a lot about it and cut the number of possible theories of quantum gravity in half.

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