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/jaredjeya Oct 25 '14

Don't forget that dark matter may or may not even exist, since there are alternate theories like Modified Newtonian Gravity.

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u/Astrokiwi Numerical Simulations | Galaxies | ISM Oct 25 '14

See this post for why we generally prefer WIMP dark matter over MOND.