Atoms, those tiny constituents of matter, are invisible to the naked eye, but their interactions shape our reality. However, the notion of "contact" between them is much more complex than it seems.

Atoms are not static; they're constantly shifting, governed by uncertainty and wave interference.You'll also learn how electrons don’t move freely between energy levels,they jump in discrete steps.

The question of where atoms comes from requires a lot of physics to be answered completely — and even then, physicists only have good guesses to explain how some atoms are formed.

How do more massive atoms form? So, the hydrogen and helium atoms formed during recombination, when the cooler temperature allowed electrons to fall into orbits.

How do more massive atoms form? So, the hydrogen and helium atoms formed during recombination, when the cooler temperature allowed electrons to fall into orbits.

Understanding how atoms are made just requires learning a little general relativity, plus some nuclear, particle and atomic physics. But to complicate matters, there is other stuff in the universe ...