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Why Didn’t Antimatter Destroy The Universe?
Season 11
Episode 2
At one-one-thousandth of a second after the Big Bang, the great annihilation event should have wiped out all matter, leaving a universe of only radiation. Why still don't know why any matter survived. Well, a new finding from the LHC brings us one step closer to understanding why there's something rather than nothing.
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18:50
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16:30
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17:23
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15:58
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16:35
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19:39
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16:36
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14:30
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18:32
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