“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.” -Neil deGrasse Tyson
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The universe should have had equal amounts of matter and anti-matter during the big bang. They destroy each outer, so both should have been eliminated. Yet we have a matter universe, so scientists were looking at anti-matter to see if there was some difference (magnetism, electric charge, ect.), between it and matter, to explain why it was eliminated and not matter. They have found no difference, so the “universe should not exist”.
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Scientists say our universe shouldn’t exist.
The world’s top scientists are still baffled as to why the universe didn’t self-destruct the moment it was created. According to science, that’s what should have occurred – yet, clearly, it didn’t, since you’re reading this now, as far as we can tell.
In the early universe, based on the standard model, there were equal amounts of matter and antimatter. The problem with that is they should have annihilated each other, leaving no matter behind to form the universe we know today.
Researchers have been eagerly searching for some distinction between matter and antimatter that could explain why the universe still exists. They’ve tested various theories – whether they have different masses, electric charges, or something else – but have found no difference.
This has led scientists to question why the universe is still here at all. “All of our observations show complete symmetry between matter and antimatter, which means the universe shouldn’t exist,” said Christian Smorra, the author of a new study from CERN.
“There must be some kind of asymmetry, but we don’t yet understand where the difference is. What is the cause of the symmetry breaking?” The latest hypothesis was that matter and antimatter might differ in magnetism. But recent studies reveal they’re identical in this aspect too, deepening the mystery of why the universe continues to exist.
Dr. Smorra’s team aimed to measure antimatter, specifically antiprotons, to see how they differed from the protons around us. They measured the magnetism of antimatter with unprecedented precision and were shocked to find that matter and antimatter appeared perfectly symmetrical. CERN researchers captured the antiprotons using specialized “Penning traps,” as antimatter can’t be stored in physical containers. “This tremendous improvement in such a short time was only achievable thanks to brand-new methods,” said Stefan Ulmer, spokesperson for the research group.
The researchers hope to be able to examine the anti-protons in even more precise detail, and see if there is a difference when they are able to look even closer at the mystery. But other scientists are looking at other possibilities – including that anti-matter has upside-down gravity, meaning that it would in effect fall upwards, Cosmos Magazine reports.
“We don’t know how it did but it do.” – Scientists
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
For example, the previously unexplainable precession of the perihelion of Mercury which was irreconcilable within Newtonian mechanics, helped to spur Einstein in his formulation of his Theory of General Relativity.
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That’s odd…”
-Attributed to Isaac Asimov (Note: in some versions of this comment, the phrase “That’s odd…” is instead phrased as “That’s funny…”)
so the universe should have had equal amounts of matter and anti-matter during the big bang. They destroy each outer, so both should have been eliminated. Yet we have a matter universe, so scientists were looking at anti-matter to see if there was some difference (magnetism, electric charge, ect.), between it and matter, to explain why it was eliminated and not matter. They have found no difference, so the “universe should not exist”.
What I get from that is that based on our current understanding of all physics, it does not explain why it does exist. Therefore more research needs to continue.
Why is there anything at all? It’s always been here? It sprang from nothing? It’s nuts.