It seems so simple, but it’s pretty damn crazy when you think about it for more than like a second or two.
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AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 3 days ago
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ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Carnelian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m on ten seconds of thought now and I am FREAKING OUT
tomiant@piefed.social 3 days ago
You should write a song about it, it would be a great hit.
red_tomato@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Also, an atom is mostly empty space. So there’s lots of room for an atom to increase its number protons/neutrons without increasing its size.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
At that scale what is and isn’t “empty space” gets a little hazy.
tomiant@piefed.social 3 days ago
If you zoom in far enough, there’s always some bullshit going on.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
and you can never measure everything about it at once