If Atoms Are Mostly Empty Space, Why Don’t We Fall Through the Earth?
If atoms have no hard outer surfaces and are mostly empty space, what creates the solid force that stops us falling through the ground? Gravity still pulls you towards Earth, yet the floor supports you. This apparent puzzle cannot be explained by tiny billiard-ball nuclei simply colliding. We can solve it by linking microscopic interactions to the forces we observe every day.
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