• stupidcasey@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    Technically, if those atoms touch that would be fusion and I doubt you could hold a sun in your hand.

    • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      3 hours ago

      No, because what is being shown here is simply the electron cloud of each atom. Two atoms with overlapping electron clouds are bonded. In order to cause fusion their nuclei must combine.