World Science Festival — Season 1, Episode 12: The Matter of Antimatter: Answering the Cosmic Riddle of Existence

Episode synopsis

You exist. You shouldn’t. Stars and galaxies and planets exist. They shouldn’t. The nascent universe contained equal parts matter and antimatter that should have instantly obliterated each other, turning the Big Bang into the Big Fizzle. And yet, here we are: flesh, blood, stars, moons, sky. Why? Come join us as we dive deep down the rabbit hole of solving the mystery of the missing antimatter.

About World Science Festival

The World Science Festival gathers great minds in science and the arts to produce live and digital content that allows a broad general audience to engage with scientific discoveries. Their mission is to cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Infinite Worlds: A Journey through Parallel Universes
• E2Quantum Reality: Space, Time, and Entanglement
• E3A Thin Sheet of Reality: The Universe as a Hologram
• E4Beyond Beauty: The Predictive Power of Symmetry
• E5Engineering the Brain: Deploying a New Neural Toolkit
• E6Gravitational Waves: A New Era of Astronomy Begins
• E7Hidden Dimensions: Exploring Hyperspace
• E8Neutrinos, Matter, and Antimatter: The Yin Yang of the Big Bang
• E9How Music Affects Your Brain: Notes on the Folds
• E10Measure for Measure: Quantum Physics and Reality
• E11The Illusion of Certainty: Risk, Probability, and Chance