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And yet, looking at it face on
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

And yet, looking at it face on, there's nothing,just pure blackness

And yet, looking at it face on, there's nothing,
just pure blackness

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And yet, looking at it face on,
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there's nothing, just pure blackness.
Duration
6 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:41
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 Now, normally when we see objects, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
Now, normally when we see objects,
S01 • E02 Leavitt had found a way we can measure huge distances in space. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Leavitt had found a way we can measure huge distances in spa...
S01 • E02 In 1923, Edwin Hubble pointed a telescope - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
In 1923, Edwin Hubble pointed a telescope
S01 • E01 Light falls on the surface and then just disappears forever. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Light falls on the surface and then just disappears forever.
S01 • E01 What's perhaps most surprising - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
What's perhaps most surprising
S01 • E02 He measured its pulse rate to be very slow - 31 days. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
He measured its pulse rate to be very slow - 31 days.
S01 • E02 So, using Leavitt's discovery, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
So, using Leavitt's discovery,
S01 • E01 The paint, called Vantablack, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The paint, called Vantablack,
S01 • E02 But because it looked so faint when seen from Earth, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
But because it looked so faint when seen from Earth,
S01 • E01 So it just looks like a black surface here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
So it just looks like a black surface here,
S01 • E02 In fact, the Andromeda Galaxy is two and a half million light years away. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
In fact, the Andromeda Galaxy is two and a half million ligh...
S01 • E02 So the mystery of these faint, wispy nebulae was solved. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
So the mystery of these faint, wispy nebulae was solved.
S01 • E01 So, if you imagine a forest of trees, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
So, if you imagine a forest of trees,
S01 • E02 As suspected, some of them are indeed collections of gas and dust, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
As suspected, some of them are indeed collections of gas and...
S01 • E01 So light comes in, photons come in, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So light comes in, photons come in,
S01 • E02 But others, like Andromeda, are their own independent galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
But others, like Andromeda, are their own independent galaxi...
S01 • E01 So, as you can see on here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
So, as you can see on here,
S01 • E01 So light coming in gets in between the nanotubes and bounces around - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So light coming in gets in between the nanotubes and bounces...
S01 • E02 So now that we can identify - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
So now that we can identify
S01 • E01 I want to get across to you just how black this material is. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
I want to get across to you just how black this material is.