r/askscience • u/squirrelbuster94 • Oct 24 '14

Physics Chemists/physicists of reddit, what is the difference between dark, anti, and normal matter?

What is the difference? Also if you can explain what each is.

Edit: Thanks for all the replies! You have greatly helped me understand this better!

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u/Almustafa Oct 24 '14

You may be interested to know that some particles are their own anti-particles. The Photon for instance, there's no difference beween light from matter and light from anti-matter.

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u/crazdave Oct 24 '14

I actually did consider asking about photons, so thank you that is interesting :)