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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

And we live withinwhat's called the local group which contain some of the galaxieswe've...

And we live within
what's called the local group which contain some of the galaxies
we've met before

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And we live within what's called the local group
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which contain some of the galaxies we've met before.
Duration
7 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:28
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 • E02 For example, here's the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
For example, here's the Small and Large Magellanic Clou...
S01 • E02 These are dwarf galaxies that were studied by Henrietta Swan Leavitt. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
These are dwarf galaxies that were studied by Henrietta Swan...
S01 • E01 Talk to me through what happened on that night, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:22
Talk to me through what happened on that night,
S01 • E02 They're about 200,000 light years away. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
They're about 200,000 light years away.
S01 • E02 Over here is the giant Andromeda galaxy, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Over here is the giant Andromeda galaxy,
S01 • E02 Our local group stretches up to ten million light years across, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
Our local group stretches up to ten million light years acro...
S01 • E01 You can take this piece of graphite... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
You can take this piece of graphite...
S01 • E02 So let's see what the whole of Laniakea looks like. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So let's see what the whole of Laniakea looks like.
S01 • E01 ..and without much trouble... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
..and without much trouble...
S01 • E01 You can, of course, make it thinner by repeating this procedure. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
You can, of course, make it thinner by repeating this proced...
S01 • E01 But if you shine lights through, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
But if you shine lights through,
S01 • E02 And each one of these lines is a pathway that they follow. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
And each one of these lines is a pathway that they follow.
S01 • E01 Because being reasonably well educated, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
Because being reasonably well educated,
S01 • E02 Our Milky Way and all the other galaxies in our local group - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Our Milky Way and all the other galaxies in our local group
S01 • E01 Probably initially those were ten layers thick - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Probably initially those were ten layers thick
S01 • E02 All of the galaxies are being pulled by incredible gravitational forces - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
All of the galaxies are being pulled by incredible gravitati...
S01 • E02 They're all moving towards a central mass - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
They're all moving towards a central mass
S01 • E01 It's hard to overstate just how excited scientists - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
It's hard to overstate just how excited scientists
S01 • E02 The Great Attractor is still a mystery, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
The Great Attractor is still a mystery,
S01 • E01 It's just a single flat sheet of carbon atoms all bonded together. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
It's just a single flat sheet of carbon atoms all bonde...