{"id":28953,"date":"2025-12-19T16:03:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/?p=28953"},"modified":"2026-01-05T10:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:45:36","slug":"antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/","title":{"rendered":"Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":28876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[297],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-19T15:03:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-05T09:45:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lancio-GAPS_2025-1024x571.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"571\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Martina Galli\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martina Galli\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Martina Galli\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4894c9fae23e6132e8cb0ec7eb3946c5\"},\"headline\":\"Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-19T15:03:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-05T09:45:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":8,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/lancio-GAPS_2025.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/\",\"name\":\"Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/lancio-GAPS_2025.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-19T15:03:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-05T09:45:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4894c9fae23e6132e8cb0ec7eb3946c5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/lancio-GAPS_2025.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/lancio-GAPS_2025.png\",\"width\":2372,\"height\":1322,\"caption\":\"Launch of the GAPS (General AntiParticle Spectrometer) experiment from NASA's McMurdo base in Antarctica\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/category\\\/news-en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare\",\"description\":\"\",\"alternateName\":\"Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4894c9fae23e6132e8cb0ec7eb3946c5\",\"name\":\"Martina Galli\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/589f9afca67fbdaeac8b038c71f2cd6c5b44ea13ed644fd80ffc5fabf23b3211?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/589f9afca67fbdaeac8b038c71f2cd6c5b44ea13ed644fd80ffc5fabf23b3211?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/589f9afca67fbdaeac8b038c71f2cd6c5b44ea13ed644fd80ffc5fabf23b3211?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Martina Galli\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.infn.it\\\/en\\\/author\\\/martina-galli\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare","og_url":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/","og_site_name":"Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare","article_published_time":"2025-12-19T15:03:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-05T09:45:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":571,"url":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lancio-GAPS_2025-1024x571.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Martina Galli","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Martina Galli","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/"},"author":{"name":"Martina Galli","@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4894c9fae23e6132e8cb0ec7eb3946c5"},"headline":"Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter","datePublished":"2025-12-19T15:03:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-05T09:45:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/"},"wordCount":8,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lancio-GAPS_2025.png","articleSection":["NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/","url":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/","name":"Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lancio-GAPS_2025.png","datePublished":"2025-12-19T15:03:38+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-05T09:45:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4894c9fae23e6132e8cb0ec7eb3946c5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lancio-GAPS_2025.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/lancio-GAPS_2025.png","width":2372,"height":1322,"caption":"Launch of the GAPS (General AntiParticle Spectrometer) experiment from NASA's McMurdo base in Antarctica"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/antarctica-gaps-takes-flight-in-search-of-antimatter\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NEWS","item":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/category\/news-en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Antarctica: GAPS takes flight in search of antimatter"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/","name":"Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare","description":"","alternateName":"Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4894c9fae23e6132e8cb0ec7eb3946c5","name":"Martina Galli","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/589f9afca67fbdaeac8b038c71f2cd6c5b44ea13ed644fd80ffc5fabf23b3211?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/589f9afca67fbdaeac8b038c71f2cd6c5b44ea13ed644fd80ffc5fabf23b3211?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/589f9afca67fbdaeac8b038c71f2cd6c5b44ea13ed644fd80ffc5fabf23b3211?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Martina Galli"},"url":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/author\/martina-galli\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 06:59:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28955,"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28953\/revisions\/28955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infn.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}