Tag: atoms

When it comes to our world, our Solar System, and all the planets, stars, and galaxies we can detect within our Universe, we find that they’re all made up of the same ingredients: atoms. And from the subatomic particles that bind together to make those atoms — electrons and atomic nuclei...

As the Big Bang pinhead expands, creating space for short-lived elementary particles to move, they collide into each other, decaying into composite particles compiled of two or three quarks. These are more stable living combinations called “hadrons,” as in the Large Hadron...

Imagine a world where everything you see, touch and breathe is built from just a handful of fundamental particles. That’s the reality of our planet, Earth, where a mere 92 naturally occurring chemical elements combine in countless ways to create the vast diversity we know and love. Today, we&r...

When it comes to our world, our Solar System, and all the planets, stars, and galaxies we can detect within our Universe, we find that they’re all made up of the same ingredients: atoms. And from the subatomic particles that bind together to make those atoms — electrons and atomic nuclei...