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As it pushes its way through the interstellar medium
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

As it pushes its way throughthe interstellar medium, the heliosphere even createsa bow...

As it pushes its way through
the interstellar medium, the heliosphere even creates
a bow wave, just like the bow wave
at the front of a boat

Full Transcript

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As it pushes its way through the interstellar medium,
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the heliosphere even creates a bow wave,
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just like the bow wave at the front of a boat.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:27
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

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 This is a modern but pretty basic compound microscope, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:20
This is a modern but pretty basic compound microscope,
S01 • E02 It's thought that most if not all stars have heliospheres. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's thought that most if not all stars have heliospher...
S01 • E02 Our telescopes have taken photographs of other stars - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Our telescopes have taken photographs of other stars
S01 • E02 Sometimes we can even make out the bow wave. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Sometimes we can even make out the bow wave.
S01 • E01 The second lens multiplies the magnification of the first. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The second lens multiplies the magnification of the first.
S01 • E02 In 2020, the European Space Agency launched a mission to the sun, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
In 2020, the European Space Agency launched a mission to the...
S01 • E01 There is, however, a fundamental problem with optical microscopes. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
There is, however, a fundamental problem with optical micros...
S01 • E01 As we increase magnification, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
As we increase magnification,
S01 • E02 And among the scientists who built it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
And among the scientists who built it
S01 • E01 This is because light is a wave, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:16
This is because light is a wave,
S01 • E02 Half past seven, and we're due to launch in about three and a half - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Half past seven, and we're due to launch in about three...
S01 • E01 So the next step downwards - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
So the next step downwards
S01 • E02 You see it launch and then we get this feeling. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
You see it launch and then we get this feeling.
S01 • E02 It's like a vibration of the launch because it's such a powerful event. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's like a vibration of the launch because it's s...
S01 • E01 I've found a bit of old technology, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
I've found a bit of old technology,
S01 • E02 It just makes you tingle because you know that it's your baby, almost. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It just makes you tingle because you know that it's you...
S01 • E02 I'd already been working on the project for 13 years at that point. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
I'd already been working on the project for 13 years at...
S01 • E01 I've taken the back off this old TV set, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
I've taken the back off this old TV set,
S01 • E02 Wow. And to have such a personal connection - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Wow. And to have such a personal connection
S01 • E01 This bit, the cathode, boils off electrons - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
This bit, the cathode, boils off electrons