Episode

1656: "Antimatter Propulsion"

Podcast: Interesting Things with JC
Published: May 18, 2026
Duration seconds: 166
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Interesting Things with JC #1656: "Antimatter Propulsion " – Antimatter destroys normal matter on contact and converts mass directly into energy, but the fuel powerful enough to push spacecraft toward light speed cannot touch any container around it. Scientists can make positrons and antiprotons, but only in tiny amounts, while magnetic fields must hold the fuel away from everything else.