Can antimatter be stored safely? Explore magnetic traps, starship fuel, and the terrifying challenge of bottling energy that destroys any container it touches.

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Antimatter Containment - Bottling the Lightning

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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0:00 Intro

1:29 Bottling Lightning – Why Antimatter Is So Hard to Hold

3:57 How We Do It Today – Traps, Fields, and Tiny Amounts

10:31 Scaling the Impossible – From Lab Curiosity to Fuel Tank

15:08 Starship Fuel and Doomsday Risks

20:27 Nebula

21:42 Beyond Bottles – Rethinking How We Contain Antimatter

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