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OCR: PHOTON .............................................. A PHOTON IS a type of fundamental particle involved in transmitting the electromagnetic force - one of the four fundamental forces of nature. Electromagnetic radiation (energy that can travel through space) can be considered to consist of streams of photons. Photons travel at the speed of light. If they could be brought to rest they would have no mass.