It's a matter/antimatter reaction. Since matter and antimatter cancel and eliminate one another completely, the law of conversation of energy shows that all of that mass *must* be transformed into energy. And if uncontrolled, that energy would cause a massive explosion.
Many sci-fi weapons are antimatter based: photon torpedoes from Star Trek, and proton torpedoes from Star Wars to name a couple.
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Antimatter costs $62,500,000,000,000 for a single gram.
It also can only be obtained one subatomic antiparticle at a time, and in a giant expensive machine.
It is also insanely difficult to store, because an antimatter particle will cancel out the first particle it comes in contact with and release energy.
TL;DR no way will this be created anytime soon, I'm not concerned a bit.
What about the black hole bomb, where you encase a spinning black hole in a reflective shell and shoot a bunch of energy inside, which results in an artificial supernova
It also can only be obtained one subatomic antiparticle at a time, and in a giant expensive machine.
It is also insanely difficult to store, because an antimatter particle will cancel out the first particle it comes in contact with and release energy.
TL;DR no way will this be created anytime soon, I'm not concerned a bit.