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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

By studying superclusters, a few cosmologistsare beginning to question some of our most...

By studying superclusters, a few cosmologists
are beginning to question some of our most cherished
scientific principles

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By studying superclusters,
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a few cosmologists are beginning to question
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some of our most cherished scientific principles.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:43
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 He's going to zoom into a sample of graphene, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
He's going to zoom into a sample of graphene,
S01 • E02 According to our current model of cosmology, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
According to our current model of cosmology,
S01 • E01 OK, what are you going to show me here? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
OK, what are you going to show me here?
S01 • E01 So, we've prepared some graphene samples for you. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So, we've prepared some graphene samples for you.
S01 • E01 The samples are on a copper grid just millimetres wide. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
The samples are on a copper grid just millimetres wide.
S01 • E02 If I look at this sheet of sandpaper, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
If I look at this sheet of sandpaper,
S01 • E01 Let me put it here and actually place it into the sample holder. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Let me put it here and actually place it into the sample hol...
S01 • E01 That's the three millimetre sample? That's the three millimetre sample, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
That's the three millimetre sample? That's the thr...
S01 • E02 But if I zoom in, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
But if I zoom in,
S01 • E02 Mottled colours of black and brown and yellow, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Mottled colours of black and brown and yellow,
S01 • E01 Under the optical microscope, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Under the optical microscope,
S01 • E02 According to our current theory, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
According to our current theory,
S01 • E01 To see them in more detail, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
To see them in more detail,
S01 • E02 After the Big Bang, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
After the Big Bang,
S01 • E01 So what we're looking at now is the same image - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
So what we're looking at now is the same image
S01 • E01 You can already recognise there's two shadows here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
You can already recognise there's two shadows here,
S01 • E01 But in the middle here, you recognise what you also saw - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
But in the middle here, you recognise what you also saw
S01 • E02 The power of gravity brought together galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The power of gravity brought together galaxies
S01 • E02 But over a certain size, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
But over a certain size,
S01 • E01 Slowly getting closer and closer and closer. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Slowly getting closer and closer and closer.