Atoms are mainly empty space. Matter is composed chiefly of nothing. ✨…

Carl Sagan
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Atoms are mainly empty space. Matter is composed chiefly of nothing. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Cosmos, p.243, Ballantine Books
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