Does antimatter fall up or down

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Does antimatter fall up or down

Scientists confirmed antimatter falls down like normal matter, not up, but the precision of the 2023 experiment leaves open questions about gravity's full effect.

Scientists have finally tested if antimatter falls down due to gravity, just like regular matter, or if it might actually fall up! Antimatter is the mysterious opposite of normal matter; they annihilate in pure energy when they meet. For years, physicists wondered if gravity might repel antimatter, a concept that would revolutionize physics.

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