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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

I think we are on the way to make high precisionelectron microscopy a part of science in...

I think we are on the way to make high precision
electron microscopy a part of science in general

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I think we are on the way
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to make high precision electron microscopy
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a part of science in general.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:08
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 I try to find out where are the other galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
I try to find out where are the other galaxies
S01 • E02 My speciality is not only to make maps, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
My speciality is not only to make maps,
S01 • E02 So I am a dynamic cosmographer. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
So I am a dynamic cosmographer.
S01 • E01 The next stage of this journey downwards - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
The next stage of this journey downwards
S01 • E02 I'm going to do galaxies all my life because what I want to see - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
I'm going to do galaxies all my life because what I wan...
S01 • E02 So, every morning, I look at what the telescope - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So, every morning, I look at what the telescope
S01 • E01 The new electron microscopes revealed that graphene - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The new electron microscopes revealed that graphene
S01 • E01 And incredible strength was just one of its unexpected properties. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And incredible strength was just one of its unexpected prope...
S01 • E02 First, Helene and colleagues plotted the positions - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
First, Helene and colleagues plotted the positions
S01 • E01 So, just how impressive is graphene? Well, I've come here to this lab - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So, just how impressive is graphene? Well, I've come he...
S01 • E01 It's a stretchy polymer. One of them is just the pure polymer, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
It's a stretchy polymer. One of them is just the pure p...
S01 • E02 Then they measured the spectrum of every single galaxy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:15
Then they measured the spectrum of every single galaxy
S01 • E01 And I want to stretch them to find out how much force is needed - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And I want to stretch them to find out how much force is nee...
S01 • E02 They found tens of thousands of galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
They found tens of thousands of galaxies
S01 • E02 And they fly like this, like a dance, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
And they fly like this, like a dance,
S01 • E01 So that snapped at...? 533 newtons. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
So that snapped at...? 533 newtons.
S01 • E01 So that's about two... Two bags of cement. Two bags of cement. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So that's about two... Two bags of cement. Two bags of ...
S01 • E02 In some parts of space, they travel together - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
In some parts of space, they travel together
S01 • E01 ..reset the machine with the graphene ones. OK? OK. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
..reset the machine with the graphene ones. OK? OK.
S01 • E02 In 2014, they made an astonishing announcement. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
In 2014, they made an astonishing announcement.