How is dark matter different from antimatter?
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How is dark matter different from antimatter?
Antimatter:
Antimatter refers to a variety of matter particles that are identical to known matter particles except that it has an opposite electrical charge. For example, the antimatter particle that corresponds to an electron, a particle with a charge of -1, is a positron. The positron has the same mass as the electron but carries a charge of +1.
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View this answerThe biggest difference between dark matter and antimatter is that dark matter does not interact with electromagnetic energy, typically thought of as...
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Chapter 9 / Lesson 9All matter (and antimatter!) is made of just a few elementary particles. In this lesson, learn about these elementary particles and what happens when matter and antimatter meet!