• Question: could we start a wormhole by using antimatter

    Asked by ak011 to Kevin, Katie, Jon, Floris, Delma, Adrian on 7 Jan 2016.
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      Adrianos Golemis answered on 7 Jan 2016:


      As far as i know, wormholes are hypothetical and could potentially exist in the heart of black holes. Antimatter is comprised of particles which have the opposite charge than what the majority of particles have. For example: A positron is the antimatter of an electron as they are exactly the same but the former has a +1 charge while the latter has a -1 charge. When a positron crashes in an electron, they both turn into energy and produce 2 photos (light particles). I don’t think that could generate a wormhole, however, you probably need a supernova (explosion of a massive star) to have a chance to produce one – but then again that’s still only hypothetical!

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