Physicists Confirm Antimatter Falls Towards Earth, But Rate of Fall Still Uncertain

Physicists have confirmed that antimatter falls towards Earth, rather than away, but it is still uncertain whether it falls at the same rate as normal matter. The finding confirms that gravity pulls the same on hydrogen and antihydrogen, but it is not surprising to most physicists. Antimatter quickly annihilates when it touches anything, such as the walls of a storage container or molecules of air. The experiment was conducted by the ALPHA collaboration at CERN in Switzerland and published in Nature. The result confirms theorists' predictions and showcases scientists' growing control over antimatter, which is notoriously difficult to work with.