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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It will take aboutfour billion years, but Andromeda is predicted to hitour galaxy in a...

It will take about
four billion years, but Andromeda is predicted to hit
our galaxy in a cataclysmic merging which may even eject the solar
system from the Milky Way entirely

Full Transcript

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It will take about four billion years,
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but Andromeda is predicted to hit our galaxy in a cataclysmic merging
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which may even eject the solar system from the Milky Way entirely.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:16
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

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 For years, they struggled to get their new lenses to work, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
For years, they struggled to get their new lenses to work,
S01 • E01 I had a lovely comment from a professor at Stanford - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:15
I had a lovely comment from a professor at Stanford
S01 • E02 Using spectroscopy and other observations, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Using spectroscopy and other observations,
S01 • E02 Under the influence of the vast power of gravity, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
Under the influence of the vast power of gravity,
S01 • E01 And soon they caught glimpses of the building blocks of all matter - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
And soon they caught glimpses of the building blocks of all ...
S01 • E02 These groups can be drawn into larger structures - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
These groups can be drawn into larger structures
S01 • E01 Here's a typical image without aberration correction. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Here's a typical image without aberration correction.
S01 • E01 The white blurs resolve into two clear dots, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
The white blurs resolve into two clear dots,
S01 • E02 And these clusters can group together - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
And these clusters can group together
S01 • E02 These consist of millions of galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
These consist of millions of galaxies
S01 • E02 In recent years, cosmologists have discovered - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
In recent years, cosmologists have discovered
S01 • E01 Seeing is believing, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Seeing is believing,
S01 • E01 They had achieved a scientific miracle. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
They had achieved a scientific miracle.
S01 • E02 Over the past decade, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
Over the past decade,
S01 • E01 It was like if you have a huge fog. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It was like if you have a huge fog.
S01 • E02 Hello, Helene. Hi, Jim. It's nice to see you. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Hello, Helene. Hi, Jim. It's nice to see you.
S01 • E02 Helene worked day and night using video conference calls - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Helene worked day and night using video conference calls
S01 • E01 And it's the most important effect of aberration correction. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And it's the most important effect of aberration correc...
S01 • E01 By 2020, they'd gone from academic outcasts - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
By 2020, they'd gone from academic outcasts
S01 • E02 These telescopes are in different time zones, so when do you sleep? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
These telescopes are in different time zones, so when do you...