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Why does the Universe have antiparticles?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The History of Anti-Matter

The universe is almost entirely made of matter meaning it's made of particles instead of anti-particles but sometimes anti-matter is produced. It doesn't last very long because it runs into normal particles and annihilates. But for example the discovery of anti-matter which led to the 1933 Nobel Prize was from naturally produced anti-matter. We have a whole fun podcast episode about the discovery ofanti-matter and the twists and turns and the egos involved. Check that out.

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