But the truth is much stranger than most of those images let on. So what does an atom really look like? Find out in this episode of What the Physics?!

This fuzzy electron cloud wouldn’t be round in many cases - some atoms have oddly shaped electron orbitals like these: You might be able to see these lobed shapes. So what does an atom look like ...

But the truth is much stranger than most of those images let on. So what does an atom really look like? Find out in this episode of What the Physics?! National Corporate funding for NOVA is ...