What force(s) in the universe are responsible for creating atoms?
THE STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE
The strong nuclear force affects
the quarks. the quarks have different colours, and different collared quarks
attract each so they join together in protons and neutrons and protons and
neutrons(or more precisely the quarks in the protons and neutrons, since the
strong force only affects quarks) together in a nucleus. The carrier particle is
the gluon(from the English word glue since it binds quarks together). This force
is very short ranged.