Why electrons does not fall into nucleus

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Why electrons does not fall into nucleus

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Answer 1

The electrons do not fall into the nucleus because they have too much energy, and are constantly moving around.

We tend to picture an atom like a tiny solar system, with electrons zipping around the nucleus like planets orbiting the sun – thanks Neils Bohr – but thanks to quantum mechanics we now know that model is wrong, and way too simple. It’s more accurate to say that electrons are moving around and that we can identify where they’ll *likely* be found, but we can’t know where they specifically are at any given moment.