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Why Didn’t Antimatter Destroy The Universe? | LHC Breakthrough

PBS Space Time · Season 2025 · Episode 9
At one-one-thousandth of a second after the Big Bang, the great annihilation event should have wiped out all matter, leaving a universe of only radiation. Why still don't know why any matter survived. Well, a new finding from the LHC brings us one step closer to understanding why there's something rather than nothing.

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Season
2025
Episode
9
Air Date
17/Apr/2025
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
18 min

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At one-one-thousandth of a second after the Big Bang, the great annihilation event should have wiped out all matter, leaving a universe of only radiation. Why still don't know why any matter survived. Well, a new finding from the LHC brings us one step closer to understanding why there's something rather than nothing.

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