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Astronomy Fundamentals

Matter and Energy

What are photons?

Photons are special subatomic particles that contain and carry energy but have no mass. Photons, in fact, can be imagined as particles of light. Photons are produced or destroyed whenever electromagnetic force is transferred from one place to another.



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