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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Alexia teaches violin to students to help fund her way throughher PhD, and while doing her...

Alexia teaches violin to students to help fund her way through
her PhD, and while doing her research she
came across something remarkable

Full Transcript

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Alexia teaches violin to students
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to help fund her way through her PhD,
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and while doing her research she came across something remarkable.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:39
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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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 • E01 So we'll start reducing the magnification slowly. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So we'll start reducing the magnification slowly.
S01 • E01 I'll go to magnify it ten times this time, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
I'll go to magnify it ten times this time,
S01 • E02 It was really exciting, but completely accidental. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
It was really exciting, but completely accidental.
S01 • E02 My supervisor had this idea of using this new technique - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
My supervisor had this idea of using this new technique
S01 • E01 If you notice, the shape of this hole, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
If you notice, the shape of this hole,
S01 • E01 It's now getting to a size that is more foreign to everyday life, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
It's now getting to a size that is more foreign to ever...
S01 • E02 The ingenious method which Alexia used - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The ingenious method which Alexia used
S01 • E01 But let's zoom in and hopefully see - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
But let's zoom in and hopefully see
S01 • E02 These are immensely bright centres of galaxies, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
These are immensely bright centres of galaxies,
S01 • E01 So this is now that same patch, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
So this is now that same patch,
S01 • E01 You might just about start being able to recognise - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
You might just about start being able to recognise
S01 • E02 For Alexia, they were extremely useful - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
For Alexia, they were extremely useful
S01 • E01 But if you look closely on the original image - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
But if you look closely on the original image
S01 • E02 We're going to use these two torches to represent quasars. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
We're going to use these two torches to represent quasa...
S01 • E01 And they are brighter because, those atoms are heavier, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And they are brighter because, those atoms are heavier,
S01 • E02 Now, you have a simple demo here, this plate of glass. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Now, you have a simple demo here, this plate of glass.
S01 • E01 But just to demonstrate, I can move that scan box - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
But just to demonstrate, I can move that scan box
S01 • E02 These little blobs here - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
These little blobs here
S01 • E02 Now, without the quasars, we wouldn't be able to see them. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Now, without the quasars, we wouldn't be able to see th...
S01 • E01 So that entire bright patch - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
So that entire bright patch