• 42yeah@eviltoast.org
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    7 days ago

    Don’t they annihilate each other when they encounter matter? How can a banana contain antimatter safely?

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      They do, and it can’t. It’s getting annihilated the first time it touches normal matter, producing other radiation. Nuclear decay in the banana produces more antimatter.