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What if our particles were different?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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What if the Poton Had the Mass of a Top Qark?

The photon is massless, which gives it incredible powers. You can't ever catch up to a photon. The top cork is the heaviest fundamental particle we have ever found. It weighs as much as a hundred and 75 protons. So this tiny little particle has more mass than, like, a gold atom.

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