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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

But if you shine lights through, you eventually start findingflakes which are transparent,...

But if you shine lights through, you eventually start finding
flakes which are transparent, and that actually was
the Eureka moment

Full Transcript

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But if you shine lights through,
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you eventually start finding flakes which are transparent,
00:00:07.068 --> 00:00:10.119
and that actually was the Eureka moment.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:15
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 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 • E02 It's a Hawaiian term meaning 'immense heaven'. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's a Hawaiian term meaning 'immense heaven'...
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,
S01 • E02 These giant superclusters are only just being discovered, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
These giant superclusters are only just being discovered,