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A particle is a very small piece of material. The biggest natural sources are dust, volcanoes, and forest fires. Aerosols, or fine particles, are tiny particles of solid or liquid suspended in a gas.
Particle physics is the study of the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces of nature.