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[–] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There wouldn't be an Earth for very long.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    The aurora borealis would be amazing, for a limited time.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Certainly better than the one in my kitchen.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    We would be long gone. Can you imagine what a football-sized (or even bigger) antimatter meteorite would do?

    Hint: six to seven grams of antimatter is the equivalent of the bomb that took out Hiroshima.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    6 to 7 grams? No. 1/4 of a gram of antimatter reacting with 1/4 gram of matter is just about the right mix. That’ll be around 15 kilotons.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    The video doesn't mention the sun. Could an antimatter sun shine?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    In fact, yes. Photons don't have a charge, so anti-photons would illuminate the Earth all the same. The issue, as the video points out, will come from too much energy hitting the Earth's surface, not too little.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago

    We would be completely fine if Chuck Norris was still alive.

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