The BASE experiment at CERN, on the France-Switzerland border, is celebrating the first successful transport of antimatter by truck. The newfound ability to transport antimatter offsite will empower scientists to study it in greater detail without interference from the giant magnets that power CERN’s antimatter factory, possibly unlocking hidden truths about the nature of the universe.
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Physicists create antimatter
CERN scientists trap antimatter
0:00 The Most Expensive Material in the Universe
0:15 The Dangers of Matter-Antimatter Annihilation
0:58 Defining Antimatter: Protons vs. Anti-protons
1:49 Could Antimatter Be Weaponized?
2:06 Inside the Historic Antimatter Transport
2:33 How Penning Traps and Vacuums Work
2:51 Why Antimatter Costs $62 Trillion Per Gram
3:14 Moving Off-Site to Solve Cosmic Mysteries1
4:18 The Future of Fundamental Physics
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@DigitalDucky
April 19, 2026 at 1:21 pm
If it’s CERN I assume they’re using Laser Spectroscopy or Quantum Diamond Maser spectrometer … not sure how you’re gonna get a reading much smaller than that 🤷🏻♂️
@eliteintelectual.9948
April 19, 2026 at 1:25 pm
i hate American accent and anything related to the USA
@bigcong7845
April 19, 2026 at 1:33 pm
I wonder what an antimatter placard looks like.
@bornahyard1
April 19, 2026 at 1:34 pm
What is the danger; radiation?
@CNET
April 20, 2026 at 2:49 am
watch the whole video for it
@Aayein-k6y
April 19, 2026 at 1:34 pm
And why it matters ?
@oceantransistor
April 19, 2026 at 1:39 pm
62T per gram or free if you want. 😆
@asprywrites
April 19, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Yeah just 1:27 drive around in a truck with “ANTI-MATTER” written on it so some nihilist can hijack 62 trillion dollars worth of BOOM.
@CNET
April 20, 2026 at 3:43 pm
The very small amount of antimatter in the truck is not worth that amount. Full explanation in the video – thanks for watching and commenting!
@justjohnny05
April 19, 2026 at 1:53 pm
antimatter has been around for quite a long time moving safely is new they need to just make it cheaper, the question is will humans use to for something useful or just blow themselves up first
@justjohnny05
April 19, 2026 at 1:57 pm
that is whats the “matter” with Star Trek in the TOS when Kirk and a red shirt was moving a small amount of Anti-matter to destroy and alien the shirt said this was enough to blow away the planets entire atmosphere yet they can use the Transporter to move it and not a shuttle safely? and when a starship like the Enterprise blows up (all the way till NOW) its just a small explosion barely destroying the ship leaving big chunks behind wouldnt that ignite ALL the Anti-Matter on board risking the destruction of one or more nearby planets????????? interesting how the Tech is moving BACKWARDS
@Rob-p2c
April 19, 2026 at 11:40 pm
The episode was called Obsession. The red shirt was Ensign Garrovick. Good reference!
@CTSiglos-n5p
April 19, 2026 at 2:09 pm
Whoops, truck was in an accident; we know because Switzerland is a crater and Earth now looks like the DeathStar.
@harveyhernandez6619
April 19, 2026 at 2:27 pm
That’s cool but who has 37 trillion for a gram
@GutestUser-2
April 19, 2026 at 2:30 pm
HOW THEY CONTAIN ANTI-MATTER THEN..?
@CNET
April 19, 2026 at 3:53 pm
Magnets!
@ronaldinho5733
April 19, 2026 at 3:08 pm
Knowledge of good and bad. This duality of the world really gives me some brain fog sometimes. Matter and antimatter, yes and no, correct and wrong, love and fear, God and antiGod. Does everything in life have an opposite? This is exciting especially if humanity would be able to control the energy and make an engine like in the Star Trek movies. Looks like all this Scifi movies was actually some prophecies about the future.
@renaissanceman5847
April 19, 2026 at 3:10 pm
everyone worried… the fact is they have enough ani matter that if it were exposed would go off and sound like a firecracker at best
@A.E.Konietzky
April 19, 2026 at 4:30 pm
What could wrong!? Great, the Universe ends because of some asshat watching Tik Tok and crashing.
@jaeh256
April 19, 2026 at 4:40 pm
End world hunger 🚫
Transport AntiMatter 👍
@phasco5692
April 20, 2026 at 2:47 pm
Completely different things. It’s like saying „Your plumber should end world hunger“.
@JJs_playground
April 19, 2026 at 6:06 pm
Star Trek also has matter-antimatter torpedoes (called photon torpedoes).
@rustycherkas8229
April 19, 2026 at 9:01 pm
Looking at the two reporters – the ‘matter’ and ‘anti-matter’ reporters side-by-side – one cannot help but recall that “controversial dress” that was an internet sensation a few years ago…
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@moppyflow7
April 19, 2026 at 10:07 pm
Ummmmm….. when did they tell us about antimatter or am I just late?
@phasco5692
April 20, 2026 at 2:46 pm
About 100 years ago, Paul Dirac predicted antimatter. About 5 years later they discovered it. Since then it has been in all text books. So you are just late.
@moppyflow7
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@phasco5692calm down, it was a joke.
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April 20, 2026 at 2:46 am
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Physicists create antimatter
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@Greenbeanarmy1
April 20, 2026 at 3:35 am
A small bump and that truck will disappear into the void realm
@RichTallent
April 20, 2026 at 8:59 am
Love the video, haven’t a scooby what it was about 😂
@itsmrdan
April 20, 2026 at 10:39 am
I kinda want it all to go kaboom tbh
@sheepstigma
April 20, 2026 at 1:53 pm
i have five pounds of antimatter in my garage. i keep it in a dirty home depot bucket.
@Rooster2005
April 20, 2026 at 8:43 pm
open portal to parallel dimension