#HTE

Look, we know it feels like everything’s going off the rails right now, but think positive: The proton has a new radius

0.833 femtometers also happens to be how close we are to losing our minds

The positively charged proton sitting inside the nuclei of atoms has a radius smaller than a trillionth of a millimeter, according to a paper published in Science on Thursday.…

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/06/boffins_proton_size/