How charges and masses create the Universe around us

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How charges and masses create the Universe around us

When we examine everything that exists, from atoms and molecules to macroscopic objects to planets and stars and even grander structures, we run into a fascinating puzzle: the fact that everything we see, observe, and know of is made from the same small set of fundamental particles. There are only a few dozen particles and antiparticles that exist as part of the Standard Model, along with the still-mysterious dark matter and dark energy. As simp…