Eli5 : If atoms are made of and separated by an incredible amount of empty space, why isn’t everything going through everything?
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The atoms resist getting too close to each other.
Imagine if you had a container full of magnets, but each magnet only has a positive charge. They will all repel each other and maintain a separation. If you move one of them closer to another they will all feel the force and shift.
There may be a lot of empty space, but the forces acting between them can still be felt.
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