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The electron is, as far as we know, one of the fundamental, indivisible building blocks of the universe. It was the first Standard Model particle ever discovered.
- What is the smallest thing in the universe?
- What is the smallest particle in space?
- What is smaller than a quark?
- Is string the smallest thing in the world?
What is the smallest thing in the universe?
Protons and neutrons can be further broken down: they're both made up of things called “quarks.” As far as we can tell, quarks can't be broken down into smaller components, making them the smallest things we know of.
What is the smallest particle in space?
Quarks, the smallest particles in the universe, are far smaller and operate at much higher energy levels than the protons and neutrons in which they are found.
What is smaller than a quark?
In particle physics, preons are point particles, conceived of as sub-components of quarks and leptons. The word was coined by Jogesh Pati and Abdus Salam, in 1974.
Is string the smallest thing in the world?
In experiments, teensy, tiny particles like quarks and electrons seem to act like single points of matter with no spatial distribution. But point-like objects complicate the laws of physics. ... Yet scientists still have no experimental evidence that string theory is correct.
