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The universe is a macrocosm of life
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Lightbulb The universe is a macrocosm of life - 02-07-2008, 10:13 PM

Please bear with me...as this is a ToE it will take more than one post to complete...

Here it goes.
Being an Astronomy and Biology fanatic when I was younger it came to me that there are major similarities between the world we know, and the macrocosm we call the universe.

I will start at the small end and work my way up.

Solar systems very much resemble atoms.

Basic structure between the two are very similar.
An atom has a large nucleus which is circled by infinitesmal objects called electrons.
Solar systems have a large star in the middle and are circled by tiny objects called planets which in comparison to the star they circle are tiny blips. I should alo note that planets tend to circle around the ecliptic, or close to the plane of the solar equator, while comets (and Pluto) tend to orbit at approximately 17-20 degrees inclination to the ecliptic plane.

Atoms have a positive center surrounded by negative bits
Solar systems have stars which are constantly emitting protons (+) in the form of a solar wind and circled by planets which are constantly emitting electrons (-) in the form of a magnetic field.

Electron levels start small at the lower levels then increase to the middle and again get smaller.
Our solar system starts with Mercury and increases to Jupiter and Saturn before decreasing to Uranus, Neptune, and Kuiper Belt Objects

Atoms are found within a shell called the electron cloud.
Our solar system is surrounded by several boundaries including the Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud, and the helio sphere.

Atoms vary in size
Stars vary in size

Atoms group together to form molecules.
Star systems group together to form binaries, trinaries, and clusters.

This is about all I can think of at this time, but there's more to it...unfortunately my brain isn't up to thining right now...on to the formation of the organism we call the universe.

Galaxies and cells bear several striking similarities.


Besides their obvious visual similarities, they also have the same working parts.

Endoplasmic reticulum appear to be arms within a cell
Galaxies have spiral arms.

Along the ER you find ribosomes which are resposible for building the compounds the cell needs to exist.

Along the galactic arms you find nebulae (frex, The Orion Nebula or Orion Melecular cloud) Which assembles stars, binaries, trinaries, and clusters of stars.


Cells have a nucleus
Galaxies have a galactic bulge

Within the cell's Nucleus is a nucleolus which takes in atoms and molecules and assembles them to be used troughout the cell
Within a galactic bulge is the circumnuclear disk which houses the Super-massive Black hole. It takes in (eats) matter and stars, what happens after this is unknown.

My favorite finding in support of this "theory".
Contained witin the cellular nucleus but outside the nucleolus is DNA. A double helix (extremely rare in nature) structure which acts as the brains and assembly instructions of the cell.

Within the galactic bulge (bordering the circumnuclear disk) is the DNA (or double helix) nebula. It's purpose is not yet known and cause is speculative, but seems to be twisting of magnetic fields due to the rotatioin of the CND around the BH, not the BH itself. This structure was discovered by Spitzer in 2005/6.

I would also like to note a comment by one of the scientists studying this phenomenon, Mark Morris, Professor at UCLA...
The DNA nebula is about 80 light-years long. It's about 300 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The nebula is nearly perpendicular to the black hole, moving out of the galaxy at a quick clip-about 620 miles per second (1,000 kilometers per second).
The recipe for a DNA nebula is strict but simple. It requires a strong magnetic field, a rotating body, and a nebulous cloud of material positioned just right.
Massive central black holes are the best sources for both the strong magnetic field and rotating body, and since most large galaxies have them, Morris expects DNA-like nebula may be common through out the universe.
"I absolutely expect to see [this configuration] in gas-rich galaxies with all these elements in place," Morris said.
However, these nebulas are tough to spot, and current technology limits scientists' observations to our galaxy.



I hope you found this portion of my hypothesis intriguing, if not enlightening...my brain has exhausted its capacity for thought for the evening...
  
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