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Rutherford found the atomic nucleus bombarding gold foil
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Ernest Rutherford directed radioactive particles at a ridiculously thin sheet of gold, expecting them all to pass straight through. When a few bounced completely backwards, he realized atoms were mostly composed of sheer empty space surrounding a dense core. It was the scientific equivalent of firing a cannonball at tissue paper and watching it ricochet.
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