: a hypothetical neutral massless particle held to bind together quarks to form hadrons
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This pattern could reveal how the quark-gluon plasma formed right after the Big Bang, indicating it could be forged by smaller particle collisions than previously thought.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Deep inside every atom lies a restless world of quarks and gluons—the tiny building blocks that hold everything together, from rocks to stars.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
There are eight massless gluons that mediate the strong force, and no other particles are involved in it.
—Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
The universe’s primordial quark-gluon plasma was, in fact, soupy.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Deep inside every atom lies a restless world of quarks and gluons—the tiny building blocks that hold everything together, from rocks to stars.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
There are eight massless gluons that mediate the strong force, and no other particles are involved in it.
—Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
The universe’s primordial quark-gluon plasma was, in fact, soupy.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Gluon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gluon. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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