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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

A key issue here is that the blackhole itself cannot emit anything

A key issue here is that the black
hole itself cannot emit anything

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A key issue here is that the black hole itself cannot emit anything.
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00:37:04
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May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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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.
S01 • E02 Light only falls into it, it doesn't come out of the black hole. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Light only falls into it, it doesn't come out of the bl...
S01 • E01 And what she's done is join up areas of equivalent density, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
And what she's done is join up areas of equivalent dens...
S01 • E02 And what we can see is emission - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
And what we can see is emission
S01 • E01 So how did Hodgkin then go to the full 3D structure? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So how did Hodgkin then go to the full 3D structure?
S01 • E02 An analogy for the accretion disk of a black hole - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
An analogy for the accretion disk of a black hole
S01 • E01 What you want to do is take a number of slices, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
What you want to do is take a number of slices,
S01 • E02 As water goes down the plughole, much of it swirls around the rim. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
As water goes down the plughole, much of it swirls around th...
S01 • E02 In supermassive black holes, some matter is swallowed, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
In supermassive black holes, some matter is swallowed,
S01 • E01 So, you can see, what we've got here is a stack of Perspex sheets - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
So, you can see, what we've got here is a stack of Pers...
S01 • E02 The result is an astonishing build-up of heat caused by friction. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The result is an astonishing build-up of heat caused by fric...
S01 • E01 And on each sheet, you've got the contour lines drawn, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And on each sheet, you've got the contour lines drawn,
S01 • E01 And if you're looking down from the top, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And if you're looking down from the top,
S01 • E02 All of the emissions from that accretion disk, which include jets, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
All of the emissions from that accretion disk, which include...
S01 • E01 This is the structure of penicillin - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
This is the structure of penicillin
S01 • E02 We're now pretty sure this is the answer - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
We're now pretty sure this is the answer
S01 • E01 These are the carbon atoms, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
These are the carbon atoms,
S01 • E02 They're coming from the supermassive black holes - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
They're coming from the supermassive black holes
S01 • E01 Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur.
S01 • E01 But it's this section here - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
But it's this section here
S01 • E02 Andrew believes these black holes have had a fundamental role - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Andrew believes these black holes have had a fundamental rol...