Why do atoms join together to make molecules?
Atomic Handshakes
Why do atoms join together to make molecules?
Atoms are the tiniest building blocks of everything — your sandwich, your dog, the air, the stars. But here's the funny part: atoms almost never want to be alone. Given the chance, they reach out and grab a buddy. So why are these little specks so determined to stick together?
To understand it, you have to peek inside an atom. In the middle sits a dense core called the nucleus. Whirling around it, like bees around a hive, are even tinier things called electrons. And it's the electrons — those buzzing outer bees — that do all the joining.
