For the uninitiated, antimatter is the bizarre "evil twin" of normal matter, with opposite charges and physical properties. In the rare event the duo collides, it ...
Scientists are exploring the possibilities of antimatter propulsion as they try to achieve interstellar travel. While conventional rockets provide high thrust, they struggle with low efficiency.
Getting places in space quickly has been the goal of propulsion research for a long time ... albeit for a long time. Since then, antimatter has been poked and prodded in as many ways as scientists ...