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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

As we increase magnification, the laws of physicsbecome ever more strange

As we increase magnification, the laws of physics
become ever more strange

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As we increase magnification,
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the laws of physics become ever more strange.
Duration
8 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:51
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 • E02 Many of us think this is the end of the solar system... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Many of us think this is the end of the solar system...
S01 • E02 ..but if you travel beyond the planets - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
..but if you travel beyond the planets
S01 • E01 Professor Susan Anderson at the University of Nottingham - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Professor Susan Anderson at the University of Nottingham
S01 • E01 So, this is the sort of detail that we get in a light microscope. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So, this is the sort of detail that we get in a light micros...
S01 • E02 It's a bubble called the heliosphere. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
It's a bubble called the heliosphere.
S01 • E01 We have lots of individual cells here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
We have lots of individual cells here,
S01 • E02 The heliosphere was only discovered in the middle of the 20th century - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
The heliosphere was only discovered in the middle of the 20t...
S01 • E01 In each you can see nuclei. So these are the nuclei. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
In each you can see nuclei. So these are the nuclei.
S01 • E01 The little bright spots are the nucleoli. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
The little bright spots are the nucleoli.
S01 • E01 This is the edge of the cell, and then the cytoplasm of the cell, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
This is the edge of the cell, and then the cytoplasm of the ...
S01 • E02 The clues were in the behaviour of comets - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
The clues were in the behaviour of comets -
S01 • E01 The useful thing about this is that we can see dynamic cells, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The useful thing about this is that we can see dynamic cells...
S01 • E02 Comets have two tails which develop as they approach the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Comets have two tails which develop as they approach the sun
S01 • E01 Seeing them beat in such detail - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Seeing them beat in such detail
S01 • E02 One of them is made of dust and it often trails behind the comet - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
One of them is made of dust and it often trails behind the c...
S01 • E01 You can see lots of them beating at about 30 beats per minute, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
You can see lots of them beating at about 30 beats per minut...
S01 • E02 Here's the puzzle that baffled the astronomers of the past - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Here's the puzzle that baffled the astronomers of the p...
S01 • E01 It would be difficult to do that ethically so what we do is - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It would be difficult to do that ethically so what we do is
S01 • E02 It's as though there's a wind being produced by the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It's as though there's a wind being produced by th...
S01 • E01 We reprogram the human skin cells back to stem cells - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
We reprogram the human skin cells back to stem cells