Where Did the Universe's Antimatter Go? Scientists Inch Closer to Solving the Mystery

New particle accelerator data from the T2K experiment could finally tell us where all the antimatter went.

By Nathaniel Scharping
May 15, 2021 12:00 AMMar 21, 2023 8:16 PM
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The K in T2K refers to Kamioka, Japan, where the Super-Kamiokande Detector resides deep underground. The detector uses this giant, water-filled cylinder to detect neutrinos shot from 180 miles away in Tokai — the T in the project’s name. Recent data show how neutrinos and antineutrinos change from one type to another — at different rates — as they travel. (Credit: Kamioka Observatory/CIR )

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