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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Glimpsing tiny nanotubeswas impressive, but could we go even further?

Glimpsing tiny nanotubes
was impressive, but could we go even further?

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Glimpsing tiny nanotubes was impressive,
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but could we go even further?
Duration
7 seconds
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15
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:34
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 • E01 By the 1980s, scientists were trying to see ever smaller things, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
By the 1980s, scientists were trying to see ever smaller thi...
S01 • E02 The Orion Arm is home to one of the most famous astronomical objects - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The Orion Arm is home to one of the most famous astronomical...
S01 • E02 A dense molecular cloud lit up by the stars it contains. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
A dense molecular cloud lit up by the stars it contains.
S01 • E01 They wondered if they could see by feeling. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
They wondered if they could see by feeling.
S01 • E01 Basically, the idea was to mimic the way the needle - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Basically, the idea was to mimic the way the needle
S01 • E02 It's well over 1,000 light years away from us. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's well over 1,000 light years away from us.
S01 • E02 Moving outwards from the Orion Arm, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Moving outwards from the Orion Arm,
S01 • E01 A stylus passes along a groove on a record - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
A stylus passes along a groove on a record
S01 • E01 But, of course, the tip of a record player stylus - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
But, of course, the tip of a record player stylus
S01 • E02 OK, wow. So there it is, the Milky Way galaxy. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
OK, wow. So there it is, the Milky Way galaxy.
S01 • E02 So if we start with the centre of the galaxy here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
So if we start with the centre of the galaxy here,
S01 • E01 But then, in 1982, two scientists - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
But then, in 1982, two scientists -
S01 • E01 They put a thin metal spike into a corrosive liquid. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
They put a thin metal spike into a corrosive liquid.
S01 • E02 And so how far does the entire galaxy stretch? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
And so how far does the entire galaxy stretch?
S01 • E02 So we don't know exactly, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So we don't know exactly,
S01 • E01 Using electrical currents, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Using electrical currents,
S01 • E02 It's the force of gravity which creates all this structure. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's the force of gravity which creates all this struct...
S01 • E01 Its tip was just a few atoms in diameter. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Its tip was just a few atoms in diameter.
S01 • E01 But how could this needle see? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
But how could this needle see?
S01 • E02 Gravity also draws in hot, young, massive stars - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Gravity also draws in hot, young, massive stars