Why haven't gravitons been discovered yet?

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Gravitons, the hypothetical particles associated with gravity, remain undiscovered due to the lack of observational methods. Unlike particles for the other three fundamental forces, gravitons have not been detected directly or indirectly through current experimental techniques. The discussion suggests that advancements in technology may eventually provide the means to observe gravitons, similar to how gluons were once elusive. The challenge lies in the unique nature of gravity, which complicates detection efforts. Until effective detection methods are developed, the existence of gravitons will remain speculative.
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The four forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetic, strong, and weak: each have a particle. Strong force has gluon, weak force has weak gauge bosons, electromagnetic force has photons, and it is predicted that gravity has gravitons, though experiments haven't confirmed this. Why haven't gravitons been discovered?
 
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Hrmm. I would think it is because we have not way of observing them yet, if they exist. All the others can be directly observed or indirectly through particle accelerators and whatnot, but so far we have nothing that can detect a graviton. I'm sure if we went back in time and asked the same thing about gluons we would get a similar answer.
 

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