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Quanta Magazine 6/15/2026

How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?

By Natalie Wolchover • 1 min read
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Plausible answers range from 17 to — in all seriousness — 995. The post How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really. first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

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