How can photons have no mass?

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Like how can any particle have no mass? Other particles like protons and electrons have mass, what’s so special about photons then?

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Fundanental particles get their mass by interacting with the Higgs field.

Photons and gluons do not interact with the Higgs field, so they have no mass.

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