Why This Stuff Costs $2700 Trillion Per Gram - Antimatter at CERN

Physics Girl is on Patreon! ►► There’s a factory in Europe that makes antimatter! It’s the rarest, most expensive, and potentially the most dangerous material on earth. Scientists don’t know why this material is so rare. Anti-atoms took 72 years after we discovered antimatter to make. Why? Thanks to CERN, Elise Wursten, Loïc Bommersbach and Sarah Charley Creator/Host: Dianna Cowern Editor: Levi Butner Research & Writing: Sophia Chen & Dianna & Imogen Ashford Sources: Current estimate of Antimatter, courtesy of Elise: Stefan Ulmer made a back-of-the-envelope calculation based on energy and power consumption. The explanation goes as follows: 1. CERN produces 3e7 antiprotons per AD cycle or about 1e15 per year 2. This is about 1e15*1.