What If an Antimatter Meteor Hit the Earth?

Описание: What if Earth were hit by an antimatter meteor? In this video, we’re exploring a terrifying hypothetical scenario. Could a meteor made of antimatter exist? And would Earth survive an impact?

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0:00 What Is Antimatter?
4:06 Antimatter Stars
7:10 Antimatter Meteors
8:07 Earth Collision
12:17 Would We Survive?
14:47 Should We Be Worried?
16:29 Tunguska Event

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References:
“What and Where Is Antimatter?”, via cms.cern https://astrumspace.info/antimatter
“The Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry Problem”, via home.cern https://astrumspace.info/matterasymmetry
“Stars Made of Antimatter”, via scientificamerican.com https://astrumspace.info/antimatterstars
“Constraints on the Antistar Fraction in the Solar System Neighborhood”, via arxiv.org https://astrumspace.info/antistars
“The Existence of Antimatter (Rojansky)”, via adsabs.harvard.edu https://astrumspace.info/rojansky
“Antimatter Meteors”, via newscientist.com https://astrumspace.info/antimeteor
“Lifetime of Antimatter Meteors in the Solar System”, via link.springer.com https://astrumspace.info/meteorlife
“Survival of Antimatter Meteors”, via link.springer.com https://astrumspace.info/meteorsurvival
“The World’s Biggest Nuclear Bomb”, via thebulletin.org https://astrumspace.info/tsarbomba
“The Tunguska Event: An Antimatter Meteor?”, via journals.le.ac.uk https://astrumspace.info/tunguska

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Credits:
Writer: Jon McColgan
Video Editor: Alexandre Nowakowski
Researchers: Edie Abraham, Shourya Shrivastava
Script Editor: Damaris McColgan
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Manager: Raquel Taylor
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan
Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan

With special thanks to:
NASA/ESO/ESA

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