The first and second electrons go in 1s orbital, the 3rd and 4th go in 2s orbital, and 5th to 10th go in 2p orbitals. My question is how does these additional electrons affect the orbital shapes? Are the orbital shapes somewhat same as the commonly shown orbitals? I mean do the electrons in 2s or...

I'm slightly confused about where exactly the forces involved in a space elevator are being applied, and my lack of a degree in physics makes it difficult for me to understand the sources that google gives me when I try to search for answers. I'll do my best to explain what I think I know or at l...

I heard someone explain that if you were falling in space (i.e, a rooftop) you wouldn't sense gravity as a force acting upon you. But it would accelerate (≈ 9.8 m/s^2) , which to me suggest that a gravitation field exist. How is a +charge moving in a uniform +electric field different? It would ex...

Suppose we take an example of $\text{Be}^{2+}$ and we add two muons to it. Will they go into L shell or there will be two K shells - one each for muons and electrons? If so, the system should have double noble gas ($\text{He}$) configuration?