Researchers Sawsan Ammar Omira and Abdel Hamid Mourad from the United Arab Emirates University argue that antimatter holds promise as the ultimate energy source for deep space propulsion.

The discovery could help scientists get closer to understanding the mysterious invisible matter that makes up the bulk of our universe.

And globally, while a number of governments and institutions have invested money in antimatter and space-travel research, the duo says that more money would increase the speed of this research.

atoms of antihydrogen – a form of antimatter – fall to Earth in the same way as regular matter. Matter is anything that takes up space and has a mass and can be in the form of liquid, solid or gas.

In the Big Bang, matter and antimatter should have been created in equal amounts. But fast forward 13.8 billion years to the present day, and the universe is made almost entirely of matter ...

Coherent gamma rays could enable the creation of antimatter, offering a revolutionary energy source for deep-space travel and nuclear research. Building on Eugen Sänger’s ideas, scientists are ...