The most expensive substance on Earth costs $62 trillion per gram
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With a mind-boggling price tag of $62,000,000,000,000 (£49trillion) for a single gram, this substance is by far the most expensive thing on Earth.
However, even if you had the money, there might not be as much as a gram of this material anywhere in the universe.
Unlike precious gems or metals, you can't just dig this ultra-rare material out of the ground.
Instead, the strange substance must be assembled atom by atom in a process that could take a billion years to gather one-tenth of a gram.
Although it sounds like something straight out of science fiction, หนังใหม่ออนไลน์ atoms of antimatter are believed to be the most valuable material on Earth.
Like regular matter's evil twin, antimatter is the mirror image of the atoms and particles that make up the universe around us.
Just like in the film Angels and Demons, when matter and antimatter meet they completely annihilate one another and release a vast amount of energy.
This means antimatter disappears almost as soon as it can be made, making it incredibly expensive to store and study.
In the movie Angels and Demons (pictured), antimatter was used to create a devastating explosion. But in reality it is one of the most valuable substances in the world
All the atoms, protons, neutrons, electrons, and subatomic particles which make up the observable universe are made of matter.
But for every type of matter particle, there exists an antimatter version that is exactly the same except that it has the opposite electrical charge.
For example, while matter protons have a positive charge, antiprotons have a negative charge.
These antiparticles can be assembled into anti-atoms, antimolecules, and in theory into entire antimatter planets and galaxies which would function just like our own.
In 1999, NASA scientist Harold Gerrish estimated that the price of antimatter was $62.5 trillion, or $1.75 quadrillion an ounce, based on the energy involved and the estimated production capacity.
While Gerrish estimated that the price would eventually come down, a more realistic understanding of the engineering challenges means that the true price could be even higher.
Speaking to ABC News, Professor Michael Doser, a particle physicist at CERN, said: 'We make such minute quantities that even if you were to destroy all the antimatter that we're making in the course of a year, it wouldn't be even enough to boil a cup of tea.
'One 100th of a nanogram [of antimatter] costs as much as one kilogram of gold.'
Antimatter is the mirror image of matter, exactly the same except the charge of each particle is inverted. When antimatter meets regular matter, the two are annihilated and convert all of their matter to energy (stock image)
However, even if you had the money, there might not be as much as a gram of this material anywhere in the universe.
Unlike precious gems or metals, you can't just dig this ultra-rare material out of the ground.
Instead, the strange substance must be assembled atom by atom in a process that could take a billion years to gather one-tenth of a gram.
Although it sounds like something straight out of science fiction, หนังใหม่ออนไลน์ atoms of antimatter are believed to be the most valuable material on Earth.
Just like in the film Angels and Demons, when matter and antimatter meet they completely annihilate one another and release a vast amount of energy.
This means antimatter disappears almost as soon as it can be made, making it incredibly expensive to store and study.
In the movie Angels and Demons (pictured), antimatter was used to create a devastating explosion. But in reality it is one of the most valuable substances in the world
All the atoms, protons, neutrons, electrons, and subatomic particles which make up the observable universe are made of matter.
But for every type of matter particle, there exists an antimatter version that is exactly the same except that it has the opposite electrical charge.
For example, while matter protons have a positive charge, antiprotons have a negative charge.
These antiparticles can be assembled into anti-atoms, antimolecules, and in theory into entire antimatter planets and galaxies which would function just like our own.
In 1999, NASA scientist Harold Gerrish estimated that the price of antimatter was $62.5 trillion, or $1.75 quadrillion an ounce, based on the energy involved and the estimated production capacity.
While Gerrish estimated that the price would eventually come down, a more realistic understanding of the engineering challenges means that the true price could be even higher.
Speaking to ABC News, Professor Michael Doser, a particle physicist at CERN, said: 'We make such minute quantities that even if you were to destroy all the antimatter that we're making in the course of a year, it wouldn't be even enough to boil a cup of tea.
'One 100th of a nanogram [of antimatter] costs as much as one kilogram of gold.'
Antimatter is the mirror image of matter, exactly the same except the charge of each particle is inverted. When antimatter meets regular matter, the two are annihilated and convert all of their matter to energy (stock image)
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