Despite the strength of the "death," it's possible to split a nucleus -- by shooting neutrons at it. When that's done, a whole lot of energy is released. When atoms split, their particles smash into nearby atoms, splitting those as well in a chain reaction. (Think a multi-car crash on the freeway.) How about that neutron bombardment, eh? Atoms are like teensy, tiny solar systems, with the nucleus where the sun would be, and electrons orbiting around it like wee planets. This sun, or nucleus is made up of particles called protons and neutrons, which are bound together by something called strong force. Perhaps it was named "death" because it's almost too powerful for most of us to imagine -- many, many billions of times stronger than gravity, in fact.

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