#Mass #QuantumPhysics #HiggsBoson

Right now, sitting still, you weigh something. Almost none of that weight comes from what you think.

Your body is built from atoms. Inside each atom, tiny particles called quarks make up less than two percent of your total mass. The rest comes from empty space, doing something that sounds impossible.

Today we go inside the atom to find the force that builds weight out of nothing, the invisible field that clings to every particle in existence, and the ghost particle that proved that field is real.

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Settle in. Close your eyes if you want. We begin now.

Sources: a, https://home.cern/science/physics/hig... b, https://www.energy.gov/science/doe-ex...  c, https://science.nasa.gov/dark-matter/  d, https://neutrinos.fnal.gov/faq/what-a... e, https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/blueshift/i...

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