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Both the Photon and the Gluon have zero mass.

Theoretically, the photon has zero rest mass (related to the fact that the electromagnetic force has unlimited range).

The current experimental upper limit is 10−18 eV/c2, or about 2×10-54 kg. For comparison, that means the photon is at least 5×1023 times lighter than the electron.

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