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To understand why you can never touch anything, you need to understand how electrons function, and before you can understand that, you need to know basic information about the structure of atoms For starters, almost all of the mass an atom has is concentrated into an incredibly small region called the nucleus. Surrounding the nucleus is a whole lot of seemingly empty space, except for the region within an atom where electrons (and protons) can be found orbiting the central nucleus. The number of electrons within an atom depends on the element each atom is supposed to comprise. Like photons, this funky subatomic particle also exhibits the particle-wave duality, which means that the electron has characteristics of both a particle and a wave. On the other hand, they have a negative charge. Particles are, by their very nature, attracted to particles with an opposite charge, and they repel other similarly charged particles. This prevents electrons from ever coming in direct contact (in an atomic sense and literal sense). Their wave packets, on the other hand, can overlap, but never touch. The same is true for all of humankind. When you plop down in a chair or slink into your bed, the electrons within your body are repelling the electrons that make up the chair. You are hovering above it by an unfathomably small distance. Follow @Astrovia1 for your daily dose of science and astronomy knowledge!📖🌌 Leave a comment and let us know your thoughts! #stargazing #cosmos #astrophysics #earth #spacex #education #engineering #physics #spacefacts #universe #solar #elonmusk #astronomy #cosmology #planets #satisfying #stars #sun #science #milkyway #space #solarsystem #astrophotography #venus #spacelovers #einstein #saturn #jupiter #blackhole #mars