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    Undergrad Why Doesn't an Electron Collapse into a Proton Despite Opposite Charges?

    This is a very interesting article I found : This is a great question! I will give you a little bit of data, and I think you will have an "aha" moment. Experiments have shown, to date, that the lifetime of an electron is more than 4.6X10^26 years, or essentially infinite...
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    Undergrad Why Doesn't an Electron Collapse into a Proton Despite Opposite Charges?

    I should have expounded...I thanked that person because he or she put my question into the correct category. But you are correct also...Thank you everyone for your answers.
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    Undergrad Why Doesn't an Electron Collapse into a Proton Despite Opposite Charges?

    Thank you DaleSpam
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    Undergrad Why Doesn't an Electron Collapse into a Proton Despite Opposite Charges?

    if a hydrogen atom has only 1 proton and 1 electron what is the reason that the electron does not collapse onto the proton if there is a + and - charge?