Atomic Universe

Have you ever viewed things on an atomic level, and then looked at our solar system, or vice versa? I find it fascinating how similar an atom and a solar system is. When an atom is viewed, you'll see the nucleus made up of protons and neutrons, and then orbiting around it are the electrons. If you look at our solar system, you would see our sun at it's center and planets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies orbiting around it. The similarities a uncanny. If you look at our planets, you would see that there's eight of them, (sorry pluto) which, excluding other orbiting bodies make our solar system similar to an oxygen atom if you look at the planets as though they were electrons.

However, there's a few differences to bare in mind. First off, there is the obvious size difference. Secondly, planets have elliptical or circular paths that they follow. Within the electron cloud outside of an atom, electrons are believed to have random irregular paths. 

I find one more similarity pretty cool too. The similarities between a super nova and a nuclear explosion are startling. If an atom is split due to fission, it generates a huge explosion. As some stars near their end of days, a huge explosion that radiates unheard of amounts of light occurs, much like a nuclear explosion, just unimaginably bigger.

The universe is a huge place with some tiny corners. Perhaps each lone atom contains a small universe within itself, each with slight or dramatic variations on our own, or they're just clones of our own. Form an opinion of your own. Think about it. Dwell on it. Whatever you do, I hope I've given you something to think about.