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Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Nov-2020 13:20:58 UTC Stephen Sekula From StartsWithABang https://twitter.com/StartsWithABang on Twitter: Why Are There Only 8 Gluons? https://t.co/XOeQw3p1mH There are three colors. And three anticolors. And every gluon carries a color-anticolor combination. So why are there only 8, instead of 9? The physics (and math) is pretty spectacular.