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Darcy's Anti-Matter website.

Currently, scientists believe that anti-matter was formed, at the same time as all other regular matter.  Actually all anti-matter really is, is the same matter you and me are used to, with all the same physical attributes as say:  anti-carbon, anti-gold, or anti-hydrogen, with one major difference; the exact opposite charge.  If you were to take the electrical charge of matter X (say it was 3), the electrical charge of anti-matter X would be -3.  Due to the immence difference of electrical charges, the two types of matter are constantly moving towards eachother.
 

The dreaded 'Black Hole.'
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A Black Hole is often thought to be a source of anti-matter.

Scientists are often troubled with the question:  "If we were to find extra-terrestrial life out there, and we made contact, how could we tell if they were consisting of matter, or anti-matter?"

Since all physical attributes were the same, we probably wouldn't know until we seen them in person, and made physical contact with them or an object they brought with them. 

Just for the sake of conversation, if they were to declare war with us, all they would need to do was throw rocks as us, and we would be wiped out.

There are, however, some good things that could come out of anti-matter, and such issues are to be discussed on page 2, titled:  Uses.

When anti-matter and matter touch, it is similar to a mathematical equation:

 

-3 + 3 = 0

 

Meaning, when they touch they completly wipe eachother out.  Just like canceling the two 3's above, and the resulting answer is 0.