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How can there be a wind blowing through empty space?
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

How can there be a windblowing through empty space?

How can there be a wind
blowing through empty space?

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How can there be a wind blowing through empty space?
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00:06:22
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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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 The cytoplasm contains lots of contractile filaments - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The cytoplasm contains lots of contractile filaments
S01 • E02 A clue to this cosmic mystery can be seen - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
A clue to this cosmic mystery can be seen
S01 • E01 There's a whole community of cells here that are talking to each other - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
There's a whole community of cells here that are talkin...
S01 • E02 The sun has its own fiery atmosphere - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The sun has its own fiery atmosphere
S01 • E01 They've got personality. You know, they do what they want. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
They've got personality. You know, they do what they wa...
S01 • E02 It consists of colossal ejections, loops and flares - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
It consists of colossal ejections, loops and flares
S01 • E01 If the light here is too bright they will just move, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
If the light here is too bright they will just move,
S01 • E02 But the plasma extends far beyond the corona, out among the planets. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
But the plasma extends far beyond the corona, out among the ...
S01 • E01 Microscopes are key to understanding cells, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Microscopes are key to understanding cells,
S01 • E02 So the sun does have a wind, it's called the solar wind, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So the sun does have a wind, it's called the solar wind...
S01 • E01 For instance, a 200-tonne blue whale - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
For instance, a 200-tonne blue whale
S01 • E02 The force driving the solar wind - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The force driving the solar wind
S01 • E01 The answer lies in the fact that in certain crucial ways, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
The answer lies in the fact that in certain crucial ways,
S01 • E02 I guess a lot of people don't realise that the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
I guess a lot of people don't realise that the sun
S01 • E01 Here is a lump of titanium. It's a very reactive metal, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Here is a lump of titanium. It's a very reactive metal,
S01 • E02 At its most basic level, the sun's magnetic field - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
At its most basic level, the sun's magnetic field
S01 • E02 And you can see quite clearly that there are regions near the equator - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
And you can see quite clearly that there are regions near th...
S01 • E01 But here is also titanium - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
But here is also titanium
S01 • E02 At the sun's surface, the magnetic - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
At the sun's surface, the magnetic
S01 • E01 Powder titanium has far more of its surface, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
Powder titanium has far more of its surface,