| | [[Matter]], and therefore everything seen, is made out of fundamental particles of nature. These fundamental particles are hadrons and leptons, the hadrons being further subdivided into baryons and mesons. Hadrons include the proton and neutron and leptons include the electron, [[muon]] and tau as well as the corresponding neutrinos. For simplicity, the overwhelming majority of matter in the universe is comprised of protons, neutrons and electrons. Antimatter is matter formed from antiparticles, which have the same mass but opposite [[charge]] and quantum spin to their corresponding particles. When antimatter is brought into contact with normal matter, both particles are destroyed, resulting in an explosion that is, in terms of mass to explosive power, the most powerful known to mankind. | | [[Matter]], and therefore everything seen, is made out of fundamental particles of nature. These fundamental particles are hadrons and leptons, the hadrons being further subdivided into baryons and mesons. Hadrons include the proton and neutron and leptons include the electron, [[muon]] and tau as well as the corresponding neutrinos. For simplicity, the overwhelming majority of matter in the universe is comprised of protons, neutrons and electrons. Antimatter is matter formed from antiparticles, which have the same mass but opposite [[charge]] and quantum spin to their corresponding particles. When antimatter is brought into contact with normal matter, both particles are destroyed, resulting in an explosion that is, in terms of mass to explosive power, the most powerful known to mankind. |