• Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it the electrons who, orbiting around the atoms, repel each other since they’re all magnetically negative?

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      2 days ago

      You confused magnetism with electricity, which are not the same. They actually repel each other because they’re all north, that is if you live in the northern hemisphere. Luckily, earth sits in the habitable zone, so gravity is just strong enough to keep the electrons flying in their orbits.