In Angels & Demons Tom Hanks plays Harvard academic Robert Langdon, who discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood called the Illuminati - the most powerful underground organization in history.
When Langdon finds evidence that the Illuminati have stolen antimatter from a secret laboratory at CERN, which they plan to use as a devastating weapon to destroy the Vatican, he and CERN scientist Vittoria Vetra begin a race against time to recover the antimatter and prevent catastrophe.
But what is antimatter? Is is real? Is it dangerous? What is CERN?
Is it possible to make a bomb out of antimatter?
Large-scale annihilation of antimatter and matter could theoretically be used in a destructive way - but could it be used to make a bomb?
Does antimatter exist?
Matter's secret twin? This sounds like science fiction - is it?
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![[Peter Higgs]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vkUltubdsdG4zXyXkGylBmRcNVEpcC31M4B1th9EoNJFZsDS2t30vVaMdgzV49I0JTv0Bg2YezU80pYnCtN495TejZmCSUhcpDzEy6d86hDuzIZGA0qyj3VY_NvM_Wf7MFiimB6rnaeB6o-VILnAS7=s0-d)
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![[Mike Lamont, LHC operations manager]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ugr9-4AJhHbi1UhSDnA9noDWwQgGqvJyZJoDseitysvBpieXF1nitSGpVUbqDlo8_5oQi0Y2vkpYBsmvSIQoDrMmqud09TbGbq8CA7hS7etLYs6A6VgEAwhSTZVDrvYmuNnTvOZ5pZcaKUBoQ=s0-d)
![[Michael Doser]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_umZZRqYFbSy8ZZA-L0raLtZ0YQ0yhxBOc4OIMFtdQt2bA5aFkZKmVpAEvKUBBXTpDtEBsjpbu3W-OnjyD34hs2M_blX8OHU7RO521Xpm6tqTAKXyyFUlMbXmW-fLx8Yi-wRqUZIA=s0-d)
![[Image: Ron Howard]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v8uhSDkp6uUqbLVspoa6HOw3cLFa4OAzRR4xScP76TSIsP3aBjxaWDW-w-OJILZLJgw3z8aRonkDMLyPqc9ExYL0ARNGGZ8TVKsAas18s4j8K3JztwYxzfYgbpzQeMcaw-ow1mVnU=s0-d)
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![[Rolf Landua]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uOt3DGyNHjmi0aDnsGbk0sNWFmzvLX35utjp1LVcMh9tBq-3HGm8QzBFDb9qh7gZxcLekk-KG2PnBohYRht0MwDDjME_GgDYUVpnDlVbopbnjWjK0TwZE0ZlJKjQLEfCsDH2HZ1XvuOA=s0-d)
![[Dr Tara Shears]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tLfCeZPVU4u4nbFmCeutfb233e4Hcs-HFxatmGe2ONvUZquelg1xeoj-gZ9TlXsUxST3ZcFVvmAvAG25fz5axRBTFf5QBEEd0Jx-ALfgGxxwjqWSgkW3MzvnYo7godx8adVu2-vXrZOIqRJEpY=s0-d)
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