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The glorious structure of the atom.

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From within the depths of matter, a tiny speck with an extraordinary structure and glorious equilibrium emerges.

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The atom.

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This tiny speck is the building block of everything in the universe.

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From giant stars to the proteins inside the cell.

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Everything in the universe, without exception, is made up of atoms.

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The atom has three basic parts.

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The neutron, the proton, and electrons.

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Protons and neutrons are in the exact center of the atom, are bonded to one another, and constitute what is known as the nucleus.

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And the nucleus gives the atom its weight.

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Electrons revolve around the nucleus.

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Electrons are essentially a cloud of dust with literally no weight at all.

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Protons are positively charged particles, and electrons are negatively charged.

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Neutrons have no charge.

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The number of protons in an atom is always equal to that of its electrons.

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There is nothing between the nucleus and the electrons.

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That giant void represents 99.999% of the atom.

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That void can be described using this comparison.

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If we think of an atom as a football stadium, then the nucleus that comprises its entire mass is no larger than a pea.

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Electrons orbit the nucleus at incredible speeds, ranging from 1,000 to 100,000 kilometers per second.

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To put it another way, an electron revolves around the nucleus around 1,000,000,000 times per second on average.

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As a result of that extraordinary speed, the atom works very hard and solid,

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much in the way that the blades of a fan seem to resemble a solid object as they revolve at high speed.

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All of the more than 10 to the 79th power of atoms that constitute the universe

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have been maintaining their same force uninterruptedly and with no mistakes for the last 15 billion years.

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This amazing fact of creation belongs to our Almighty Lord, the Lord and Creator of all worlds.

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The Lord and Creator of all worlds.