Guess what: Electrons don’t orbit the nucleus

This knowledge comes from Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, Beth Skwarecki, who knows a lot about a lot (she is the person you want on your trivia team, if ever you have the chance). Beth says:

“If you have an image in your mind of electrons orbiting a nucleus like planets around the sun, I’m sorry to tell you that idea—called the Bohr model —has been considered outdated since the 1920s. But it still shows up in textbooks because it’s easier to explain than what scientists think is actually going on with electrons.