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It's a bubble called the heliosphere
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It's a bubble calledthe heliosphere

It's a bubble called
the heliosphere

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It's a bubble called the heliosphere.
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00:05:15
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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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 We have lots of individual cells here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
We have lots of individual cells here,
S01 • E02 The heliosphere was only discovered in the middle of the 20th century - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
The heliosphere was only discovered in the middle of the 20t...
S01 • E01 In each you can see nuclei. So these are the nuclei. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
In each you can see nuclei. So these are the nuclei.
S01 • E01 The little bright spots are the nucleoli. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
The little bright spots are the nucleoli.
S01 • E01 This is the edge of the cell, and then the cytoplasm of the cell, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
This is the edge of the cell, and then the cytoplasm of the ...
S01 • E02 The clues were in the behaviour of comets - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
The clues were in the behaviour of comets -
S01 • E01 The useful thing about this is that we can see dynamic cells, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The useful thing about this is that we can see dynamic cells...
S01 • E02 Comets have two tails which develop as they approach the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Comets have two tails which develop as they approach the sun
S01 • E01 Seeing them beat in such detail - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Seeing them beat in such detail
S01 • E02 One of them is made of dust and it often trails behind the comet - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
One of them is made of dust and it often trails behind the c...
S01 • E01 You can see lots of them beating at about 30 beats per minute, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
You can see lots of them beating at about 30 beats per minut...
S01 • E02 Here's the puzzle that baffled the astronomers of the past - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Here's the puzzle that baffled the astronomers of the p...
S01 • E01 It would be difficult to do that ethically so what we do is - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It would be difficult to do that ethically so what we do is
S01 • E02 It's as though there's a wind being produced by the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It's as though there's a wind being produced by th...
S01 • E01 We reprogram the human skin cells back to stem cells - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
We reprogram the human skin cells back to stem cells
S01 • E02 How can there be a wind blowing through empty space? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
How can there be a wind blowing through empty space?
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