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What's a proton made of?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Three Quarks Inside of a Proton Are Constantly Interacting, Right?

Gluons don't just hang out. Their very energetic, and they fly through space. They can also turn intwo pairs of particles like the same way that a photon flying through space can momentarily turn into an electron and its anti particle. A gluon can do that also, a glUon can turn into a cork and an anti cork. It can also turn into two gluons. Ti gluons feel the strong force themselves. That's part of the reason the strong force is so strong, because gluons make more gluons, which make more glumons. And so these gluons create this flickering blob of virtuf other particles

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