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    Antimatter is a substance composed of elementary particles that have the same mass as ordinary matter particles like electrons and protons but opposite electric charge and magnetic properties. The existence of antimatter was first proposed in the 1930s and the first antiparticle, the positron or antielectron, was detected in cosmic rays that same decade. When matter and antimatter particles meet, they annihilate each other and release a large amount of energy within a fraction of a second.

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    Antimatter is a substance composed of elementary particles that have the same mass as ordinary matter particles like electrons and protons but opposite electric charge and magnetic properties. The existence of antimatter was first proposed in the 1930s and the first antiparticle, the positron or antielectron, was detected in cosmic rays that same decade. When matter and antimatter particles meet, they annihilate each other and release a large amount of energy within a fraction of a second.

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    Substance composed of elementary particles having the mass and electric charge of ordinary matter (such as electrons and protons) but for which the charge and related magnetic properties are opposite in sign. The existence of antimatter was posited by the electron theory of P.A.M. Dirac. In 1932 the positron (antielectron) was detected in cosmic rays, followed by the antiproton and the antineutron detected through the use of particle accelerators. Positrons, antiprotons, and antineutrons, collectively called antiparticles, are the antiparticles of electrons, protons, and neutrons, respectively. When matter and antimatter are in close proximity, annihilation occurs within a fraction of a second, releasing large amounts of energy.

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