Matter vs Antimatter: Why the Universe Exists at All

Matter and antimatter are mirror versions—same mass, opposite charge.
When they meet, they annihilate, releasing pure energy as photons.
The Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter.
If that had happened, the universe would be nothing but radiation today.
Yet, for unknown reasons, a tiny excess of matter survived.
This imbalance is why stars, planets, and life exist at all.
Experiments show subtle differences in how matter and antimatter decay, called CP violation.
These differences may explain why matter won the cosmic tug-of-war.
Scientists study antimatter in particle accelerators and traps to probe the imbalance.
Solving the matter–antimatter mystery could reveal new laws of physics beyond the Standard Model.