Y-155

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Y-155: Name for a star that became so hot about 7 billion years ago it generated antimatter within itself and caused a great matter-antimatter explosion.


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FOM: Runaway Anti-Matter Production Makes for a Spectacular Stellar Explosion





(1) University of Notre Dame (2010, January 5). Runaway anti-matter production makes for a spectacular stellar explosion. ScienceDaily. Retrieved January 6, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2010/01/100104151933.htm









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Artificial Neutrinos and the Neutrino "Universe"

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Artificial Neutrinos / Neutrino 'Universe': Physicists at the J-PARC facility have recently created a 'neutrino beam'. Not only were they able to artificially create a beam of neutrinos, they were even able to detect it. Which is more astonishing? Is the universe primarily made of dark matter because it is mainly a neutrino 'universe'? Is matter actually a 'fluke', making anti-matter even more rare?

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FOM: Neutrinos Help Answer: Why Only Matter?, Stony Brook University (2009, November 27). With first neutrino events, physicists closer to answering why only matter in universe. ScienceDaily. Retrieved November 28, 2009, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2009/11/091127141406.htm, Why Is There More Matter Than Antimatter In The Natural World? , Vast Cloud Of Antimatter Traced To Binary Stars , Billions Of Particles Of Anti-Matter Created In Laboratory and Neutrino Oscillation

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