1656: "Antimatter Propulsion"

1656: "Antimatter Propulsion"

Author: JC May 18, 2026 Duration: 2:46
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.

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Duration: 4:25
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Duration: 3:00
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Duration: 3:38
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Duration: 2:43
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1582: "Remembering Lou Holtz" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:22
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1581: "The Central–Mid-Levels Escalator" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:43
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1580: "Camp Century" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:59
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Duration: 7:53
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1578: Neil Sedaka [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:34
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1577: "Thin Mints" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:40
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