ELI5- If light is both a wave and a particle, why isn’t there visible buildup of those particles from the sun and whatnot?

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ELI5- If light is both a wave and a particle, why isn’t there visible buildup of those particles from the sun and whatnot?

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They don’t have any mass to leave behind. The *mass* they do have comes from the amount of energy they have.

Wave/particle duality is just weird.

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