Why do electrons arrange into different “shells” around protons?

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Like why are there two shells sometimes and three shells other times? Why are there different numbers of electrons on one shell than others? And what’s in between the protons and electrons?

I’m a little stoney and just can’t comprehend how something at this small of a scale has these “laws of nature.” Idk… hard to explain why this is fascinating me but it is. Especially the space in between the protons and electrons. Like are we all just empty space floating around?

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From my understanding, there is nothing between the proton and electron, these shells are just energy levels and there are different number of electrons on the “shells” bc each have different amounts of energy.

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