Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentWe all know that Micro study is the study is the study of things smaller than us, say an atom for instance. But Macro study is the study of things much bigger than us. Say Solar systems.
Think of the way our solar system looks, and imagine an atom, with electrons spinning around it, with nucleous in the middle ( Hope I spell and name these things properly ). And now think of our planets as electrons, and the sun the nucleous, forming one GIANT atom. So I was thinking, what if we are all one big atom of something much, much more gigantic, perhaps a part of a GAINT piece of material? A creature perhaps? And what if every little Atom is a tiny civilization just like us? Curious little self-destroyant beings looking for life somewhere out there. What if there was intelligent life in our breakfest, and it is now digesting in your stomach? Ok, maybe I am going too far but my point stays valid I believe. So I wanted to ask for some info on the subject, if any at all.
Our solar system may look different from any atom we have uncovered because maybe WE are a part of a material which is unknown to us, so thats even stranger for me... So... Info please, if any at all.

Thanks in advance!

The big problem with this is that electrons don't actually orbit the atomic nuclei like planets around stars. That is a very simplified way of picturing it because the reality, which involves quantum mechanics, is much MUCH more complicated and something I struggle to get my head around.

Each different electron orbital around an atomic nucleus has a different shape. They are not the nice simple ellipses that planets orbit stars with. Electrons orbit either singularly or as a pair inside a complex 3d shape. This link has an illustration that shows the shape of some of the simpler orbitals.

It gets worse than this though. Electrons are subject to the Uncertainty Principle. This means that at any given time an electron can be at any distance from the nucleus so it isn't necessarily within its orbital at all. The orbitals are only where the electron has the highest probability of being.

The science of the very small is a very weird thing indeed.

Thanks for the reply!

Strange science is right... Perhaps someday we will know for sure.