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  1. Quark - Wikipedia

    Elementary fermions are grouped into three generations, each comprising two leptons and two quarks. The first generation includes up and down quarks, the second strange and charm …

  2. Quarks: What are they? | Space

    Nov 1, 2022 · Quarks are elementary particles that are the building blocks of all visible matter in the universe. Explore them in more detail here.

  3. Quark | Definition, Flavors, & Colors | Britannica

    Oct 23, 2025 · quark, any member of a group of elementary subatomic particles that interact by means of the strong force and are believed to be among the fundamental constituents of matter.

  4. What Are Quarks? Building Blocks of Everything

    May 24, 2025 · Quarks are tiny, mysterious particles that, together with gluons and leptons, compose all matter in the universe. They are the essential constituents of protons, neutrons, …

  5. DOE Explains...Quarks and Gluons - Department of Energy

    There are six different kinds of quarks with a wide range of masses. They are named up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom. Quarks are the only elementary particles to experience all …

  6. Quarks - HyperPhysics

    Quarks are observed to occur only in combinations of two quarks (mesons), three quarks (baryons). There was a recent claim of observation of particles with five quarks (pentaquark), …

  7. Deciphering the heavyweights of the tetraquark world | CERN

    2 days ago · Quarks come in six types: up, down, charm, strange, top and bottom. The tetraquarks and pentaquarks discovered so far, at the LHC and other colliders, usually contain …

  8. Quark | Basics, Properties & Significance

    May 29, 2024 · Quarks are the fundamental building blocks of matter, one of the basic constituents of subatomic particles that, together with leptons, form the basis of the material …

  9. Physics - Deciphering the Origin of Quark and Lepton Mass

    3 days ago · The quarks, which experience strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions, come in six flavors: up and down (the constituents of the proton and neutron), charm and strange, …

  10. Quarks in ‘exotic’ quartets prefer to stick together - Nature

    2 days ago · Evidence of a particle made up of four tightly bound quarks tests physicists’ understanding of the force that holds protons and neutrons together.