Could There Be an Object Without Mass?

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The discussion centers on the existence of massless objects, specifically focusing on light and particles like neutrinos and gluons. It is established that light is massless, while the mass of neutrinos remains a subject of ongoing research. Gluons, as described in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), are also considered massless. The conversation highlights the complexities of particle physics and the implications of massless particles in theoretical frameworks.

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Is Ther Any Object That...

I want to know if there could ever be an object, organism, whatever, that coould not have mass(such as light)?
 
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I think that the mass of the neutrino is still in question.
 
The gluons in QCD are supposed to be massless.
 

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