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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

In this mind-bending series, Jim Al-Khalili explores the vast range of size in the universe, from tiny atoms to gigantic, interconnected galaxies.

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On scales far beyond
human perception, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

On scales far beyond human perception,

On scales far beyond human
perception - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

On scales far beyond human perception

..exquisite palaces... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

..exquisite palaces...

Some just a few thousandths
of a millimetre long. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Some just a few thousandths of a millimetre long.

Some just a few thousandths
of a millimetre long. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Some just a few thousandths of a millimetre long.

Others dominate the vast
expanses of the cosmos. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Others dominate the vast expanses of the cosmos.

Others dominate
the vast expanses of the cosmos. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Others dominate the vast expanses of the cosmos.

Thanks to ground-breaking
new technologies, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Thanks to ground-breaking new technologies,

Thanks to ground-breaking
new technologies, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Thanks to ground-breaking new technologies,

You're looking at the craters
and bumps and hills - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

You're looking at the craters and bumps and hills

It's sending you a daily email
from space. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It's sending you a daily email from space.

At the tiniest
and the largest scales, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

At the tiniest and the largest scales,

We have an instrument here that
allows you to look at an atom. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

We have an instrument here that allows you to look at an ato...

My journey will take me to
the frontiers of modern science, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

My journey will take me to the frontiers of modern science,

We can block the Covid-19
virus itself. Yeah. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

We can block the Covid-19 virus itself. Yeah.

And at the tiniest
and the largest scales, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

And at the tiniest and the largest scales,

This is the story
of how the universe works - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

This is the story of how the universe works

My journey will take me to
the frontiers of modern science, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

My journey will take me to the frontiers of modern science,

This is the story
of how the universe works - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

This is the story of how the universe works

When we move to scales
beyond our imagination - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

When we move to scales beyond our imagination

But about three centuries ago, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

But about three centuries ago,

These are the very first images ever
recorded of the microscopic world. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

These are the very first images ever recorded of the microsc...

You might recognise this.
It's called an orrery - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

You might recognise this. It's called an orrery

They appeared
in a book called Micrographia, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

They appeared in a book called Micrographia,

Now, it's not really a toy.
It's been used for centuries - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Now, it's not really a toy. It's been used for cen...

Even at this magnification, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Even at this magnification,

But you shouldn't take this
model literally - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

But you shouldn't take this model literally

With Micrographia,
three-and-a-half centuries ago, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

With Micrographia, three-and-a-half centuries ago,

As we began to see
the microscopic world, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

As we began to see the microscopic world,

Imagine the Earth were about
the size of a football. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Imagine the Earth were about the size of a football.

Now, in reality, our planet is
12,700km in diameter, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Now, in reality, our planet is 12,700km in diameter,

These tiny insects have evolved
extraordinary adaptations - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

These tiny insects have evolved extraordinary adaptations

So what if we were to shrink
the sun down by 60 million times - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

So what if we were to shrink the sun down by 60 million time...

We can now see just how wrong
the orrery is in terms of scale - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

We can now see just how wrong the orrery is in terms of scal...

This is a type of wasp
called Megaphragma, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

This is a type of wasp called Megaphragma,

The sun is over 100 times
the diameter of the Earth. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The sun is over 100 times the diameter of the Earth.

It's just a few tenths
of a millimetre long, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It's just a few tenths of a millimetre long,

You could fit one million
Earth-size planets inside it. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

You could fit one million Earth-size planets inside it.

The sun's mass is the source of
its immense gravitational power - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The sun's mass is the source of its immense gravitation...

..and flies in an unusual way. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

..and flies in an unusual way.

That's because air feels
very different to it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

That's because air feels very different to it

The next question is, on this scale, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The next question is, on this scale,

Again, this is very different
from the orrery - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Again, this is very different from the orrery

And that's because of
the science of air resistance. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

And that's because of the science of air resistance.

Take a golf ball
and a ping-pong ball. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Take a golf ball and a ping-pong ball.

It's easier to throw a golf ball
than a ping-pong ball. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It's easier to throw a golf ball than a ping-pong ball.

The distance between the Earth
and the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The distance between the Earth and the sun

They both have the same surface area - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

They both have the same surface area

You see, in space,
distances are so vast - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

You see, in space, distances are so vast

But the ping-pong ball is lighter, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

But the ping-pong ball is lighter,

Megaphragma is like
a tiny ping-pong ball, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Megaphragma is like a tiny ping-pong ball,

And, as it happens, the distance
between the Earth and the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

And, as it happens, the distance between the Earth and the s...

The sun is 150 million kilometres
from the Earth, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The sun is 150 million kilometres from the Earth,

So, our neighbouring planet, Mars,
orbits the sun at an average - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

So, our neighbouring planet, Mars, orbits the sun at an aver...

If you were to make this
the size of a human, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

If you were to make this the size of a human,

The asteroid belt, containing
millions of floating rocks, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The asteroid belt, containing millions of floating rocks,

Yet, it's so successively adapted to
the world in which it exists that, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Yet, it's so successively adapted to the world in which...

Jupiter orbits at an average
of five AU. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Jupiter orbits at an average of five AU.

When we look at even tinier objects, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

When we look at even tinier objects,

And Neptune orbits at an
average distance of 30 AU. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

And Neptune orbits at an average distance of 30 AU.

As we increase magnification, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

As we increase magnification,

Many of us think this is
the end of the solar system... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Many of us think this is the end of the solar system...

..but if you travel
beyond the planets - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

..but if you travel beyond the planets

Professor Susan Anderson
at the University of Nottingham - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Professor Susan Anderson at the University of Nottingham

So, this is the sort of detail
that we get in a light microscope. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

So, this is the sort of detail that we get in a light micros...

It's a bubble called
the heliosphere. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It's a bubble called the heliosphere.

We have lots of
individual cells here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

We have lots of individual cells here,

The heliosphere was only discovered
in the middle of the 20th century - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The heliosphere was only discovered in the middle of the 20t...

In each you can see nuclei.
So these are the nuclei. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

In each you can see nuclei. So these are the nuclei.

The little bright spots
are the nucleoli. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The little bright spots are the nucleoli.

This is the edge of the cell,
and then the cytoplasm of the cell, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

This is the edge of the cell, and then the cytoplasm of the ...

The clues were in the behaviour
of comets - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The clues were in the behaviour of comets -

The useful thing about this
is that we can see dynamic cells, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The useful thing about this is that we can see dynamic cells...

Comets have two tails which develop
as they approach the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Comets have two tails which develop as they approach the sun

Seeing them beat in such detail - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Seeing them beat in such detail

One of them is made of dust and
it often trails behind the comet - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

One of them is made of dust and it often trails behind the c...

You can see lots of them beating
at about 30 beats per minute, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

You can see lots of them beating at about 30 beats per minut...

Here's the puzzle that baffled
the astronomers of the past - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Here's the puzzle that baffled the astronomers of the p...

It would be difficult to do that
ethically so what we do is - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It would be difficult to do that ethically so what we do is

It's as though there's a wind
being produced by the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It's as though there's a wind being produced by th...

We reprogram the human skin cells
back to stem cells - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

We reprogram the human skin cells back to stem cells

How can there be a wind
blowing through empty space? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

How can there be a wind blowing through empty space?

The cytoplasm contains
lots of contractile filaments - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The cytoplasm contains lots of contractile filaments

A clue to this cosmic mystery
can be seen - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

A clue to this cosmic mystery can be seen

There's a whole community of cells
here that are talking to each other - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

There's a whole community of cells here that are talkin...

The sun has its own
fiery atmosphere - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The sun has its own fiery atmosphere

They've got personality. You know,
they do what they want. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

They've got personality. You know, they do what they wa...

It consists of colossal ejections,
loops and flares - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It consists of colossal ejections, loops and flares

If the light here is too bright
they will just move, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

If the light here is too bright they will just move,

But the plasma extends far beyond
the corona, out among the planets. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

But the plasma extends far beyond the corona, out among the ...

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In this mind-bending series, Jim Al-Khalili explores the vast range of size in the universe, from tiny atoms to gigantic, interconnected galaxies.

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Year: 2022

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Released: 16 May 2022

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