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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

And without much trouble

and without much trouble

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..and without much trouble...
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Timestamp in Movie
00:49:08
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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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 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...
S01 • E01 But that would be really under-selling it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
But that would be really under-selling it
S01 • E02 And there we have it, our home in the universe. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
And there we have it, our home in the universe.
S01 • E01 For a sense of why graphene is so extraordinary, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
For a sense of why graphene is so extraordinary,
S01 • E02 Laniakea contains about 100,000 galaxies like ours - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Laniakea contains about 100,000 galaxies like ours
S01 • E02 It stretches across half a billion light years. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It stretches across half a billion light years.
S01 • E01 Each sheet is made up of repeating hexagons. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Each sheet is made up of repeating hexagons.
S01 • E01 At each corner is a carbon atom - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
At each corner is a carbon atom
S01 • E02 Looking at all of this, you can see why they called it Laniakea. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Looking at all of this, you can see why they called it Lania...
S01 • E01 Those bonds are the source of the material's strength, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Those bonds are the source of the material's strength,