Explaining The Universe on Instagram: "@ExplainingTheUniverse teaches you something NEW everyday day 🧠💫 Magnetism is a physical force that arises from the motion of electric charges, making certain materials able to attract or repel each other without touching. At the atomic level, electrons act like tiny spinning magnets; when many of these spins align in the same direction—as they do in materials like iron, nickel, and cobalt—the material becomes magnetic. Magnetic fields form around these a