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Old 13-10-2010, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by stanlite View Post
i believe i read somewhere (can't remember were) that in the initial stages of the BB there was a slight imbalance in the matter to anti-matter ratio something along the lines of one extra part of matter to every 10 billion parts of anti-matter. If i am remembering correctly within the first few seconds after the big bang the universe was consumed in matter and antimatter effectively destroying each other until matter won (due to its slightly larger numbers lol). why this imbalance happened well that is not entirely known lol but i am happy for it ... means i exist lol.

I also read something along those lines in a book by Nigel Henbest called "The Mysterious Universe", which would be close to 20 years old now
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