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Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory (www.nature.com)

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Well, it’s antimatter, not anti-gravity.

[–] beaubbe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I've heard hypothecies that antimatter was normal matter going back in time. But this disproves it since it would have been going in reverse in gravity.

[–] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 5 points 2 years ago

Unless antimatter is also antigravity and the two cancel each other out, making it look normal to us.

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