NAW THATS ALRIGHT
Both anti-matter and matter were formed at the time of the Big Bang, about 13.7 billion years ago. For every particle formed, an anti-particle should also have been formed. Almost immediately, however, the equal numbers of particles and anti-particles would have annihilated each other, leaving nothing but light. But a tiny asymmetry in the laws of nature resulted in a little matter being left over, spread thinly within the empty space of the Universe. This became the stars and planets that we see around us today.
To put things in perspective, here are some famous explosions from history and theory along with their yields: Seymour Narrows, British Columbia 1958. 1,375 tons of chemical explosives. 1.375 kilotons Little Boy, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. 13 kilotons. Fat man, the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. 20 kilotons. The Tunguska Event, suspected comet impact in Tunguska, Russia on June 30, 1908. 10 megatons The Bravo test, one of the Bikini Atoll bomb tests. February 1954, was, at 15 megatons, the most powerful bomb ever detonated by the United States--far bigger than expected. 15 megatons One pound of antimatter 16 megatons Mount St. Helen May 18, 1980. 24 megatons Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated 11:32 AM 30 October 1961 (Moscow Time) Such a device could be souped up to deliver a 100 megaton blast. 50 megatons The third 1883 eruption of Krakatoa 150 megatons World War III, computed as the simultaneous explosion of all known nuclear devices (about 15,000 today). 10,000 megatons "Dinosaur Killer" Impact of 10-15 km asteroid traveling at 20 kilometers per second. 100,000,000 megatons or 10 8 megatons A supernova, an explosion powerful enough to destroy a solar system. 10 billion billion billion megatons or 10 27 megatons
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