Is it possible to harvest antimatter?

“This morning, NASA successfully launched the world’s first gamma ray shuttle to the galactic center of the Milky Way. Once there, geo-astronauts say they can mine and harvest enough raw antimatter to power Earth’s energy needs for the next decade.

Does the sun produce antimatter?

New observations, says Space, show that solar storms produce a spout of antimatter. But this is the first time researchers have observed antimatter coming from the sun. Antimatter particles have the same mass and other characteristics as their regular-matter counterparts, but they have opposite charge.

Could antimatter be used as a fuel source?

Unfortunately, however, antimatter cannot be used as an energy source. Although the annihilation of matter and antimatter releases energy, antimatter does not occur in nature: it has to be created. This requires in itself a lot of energy. Even the storage of antimatter requires a lot of energy.

What is antimatter technology?

Antimatter is a material composed of so-called antiparticles. It is believed that every particle we know of has an antimatter companion that is virtually identical to itself, but with the opposite charge. When a particle and its antiparticle meet, they annihilate each other – disappearing in a burst of light.

How is antimatter made naturally?

Natural production. Positrons are produced naturally in β+ decays of naturally occurring radioactive isotopes (for example, potassium-40) and in interactions of gamma quanta (emitted by radioactive nuclei) with matter. Antineutrinos are another kind of antiparticle created by natural radioactivity (β− decay).

Where do you find antimatter in real life?

cosmic rays
Today, antimatter is primarily found in cosmic rays – extraterrestrial high-energy particles that form new particles as they zip into the Earth’s atmosphere.