Eli5: how come photon doesn’t have mass?

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Eli5: how come photon doesn’t have mass?

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I’ve heard that light moves slower in different mediums. I also heard about an experiment that managed to “freeze” light.

If I slow down a photon so it’s not moving, then release it into a vacuum, where did its energy to get to light speed come from?

Same with electrons, why can they just keep moving?

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