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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

But you shouldn't take thismodel literally because it's not to scale,both in terms of the...

But you shouldn't take this
model literally because it's not to scale,
both in terms of the relative sizes of the planets
and their distances from the sun

Full Transcript

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But you shouldn't take this model literally
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because it's not to scale, both in terms of the relative sizes
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of the planets and their distances from the sun.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:16
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 With Micrographia, three-and-a-half centuries ago, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
With Micrographia, three-and-a-half centuries ago,
S01 • E01 As we began to see the microscopic world, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
As we began to see the microscopic world,
S01 • E02 Imagine the Earth were about the size of a football. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Imagine the Earth were about the size of a football.
S01 • E02 Now, in reality, our planet is 12,700km in diameter, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Now, in reality, our planet is 12,700km in diameter,
S01 • E01 These tiny insects have evolved extraordinary adaptations - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:17
These tiny insects have evolved extraordinary adaptations
S01 • E02 So what if we were to shrink the sun down by 60 million times - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
So what if we were to shrink the sun down by 60 million time...
S01 • E02 We can now see just how wrong the orrery is in terms of scale - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
We can now see just how wrong the orrery is in terms of scal...
S01 • E01 This is a type of wasp called Megaphragma, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
This is a type of wasp called Megaphragma,
S01 • E02 The sun is over 100 times the diameter of the Earth. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The sun is over 100 times the diameter of the Earth.
S01 • E01 It's just a few tenths of a millimetre long, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It's just a few tenths of a millimetre long,
S01 • E02 You could fit one million Earth-size planets inside it. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
You could fit one million Earth-size planets inside it.
S01 • E02 The sun's mass is the source of its immense gravitational power - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The sun's mass is the source of its immense gravitation...
S01 • E01 ..and flies in an unusual way. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
..and flies in an unusual way.
S01 • E01 That's because air feels very different to it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
That's because air feels very different to it
S01 • E02 The next question is, on this scale, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The next question is, on this scale,
S01 • E02 Again, this is very different from the orrery - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Again, this is very different from the orrery
S01 • E01 And that's because of the science of air resistance. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And that's because of the science of air resistance.
S01 • E01 Take a golf ball and a ping-pong ball. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Take a golf ball and a ping-pong ball.
S01 • E01 It's easier to throw a golf ball than a ping-pong ball. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's easier to throw a golf ball than a ping-pong ball.
S01 • E02 The distance between the Earth and the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The distance between the Earth and the sun