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What's the longest time antimatter was able to be stored?
Antimatter is a type of matter composed of antiparticles, which have the opposite charge and spin of regular particles. When matter and antimatter come into contact, they annihilate each other, releasing a large amount of energy.
Antimatter can be stored using magnetic fields to trap and contain it. The most common method is to use a device called a Penning trap, which uses a combination of electric and magnetic fields to keep the antimatter particles from coming into contact with regular matter.
The longest time that antimatter has been stored for is 405 days, achieved by the ALPHA experiment at CERN in 2011. They were able to store 309 atoms of antihydrogen for this period of time.
Antimatter is difficult to store for long periods of time because it is highly unstable and will quickly annihilate when it comes into contact with regular matter. It also requires a lot of energy to create and trap antimatter, making it a costly process.
While the annihilation of matter and antimatter does release a large amount of energy, it is currently not a viable source of energy. The process of creating and storing antimatter requires more energy than it produces, making it impractical for use as an energy source.