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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

It's material that'snot dissimilar from smoke, and you know how smoke blocks light

It's material that's
not dissimilar from smoke, and you know how smoke blocks light

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It's material that's not dissimilar from smoke,
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and you know how smoke blocks light.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:41
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 Essentially, it becomes impenetrable - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Essentially, it becomes impenetrable
S01 • E02 Fortunately, dust is only a problem - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Fortunately, dust is only a problem
S01 • E01 Her first big challenge came during the Second World War - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Her first big challenge came during the Second World War
S01 • E02 Andrew shows me the same view of our galaxy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Andrew shows me the same view of our galaxy
S01 • E01 Scientists had already noticed that the newly discovered penicillin - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Scientists had already noticed that the newly discovered pen...
S01 • E01 It could stop infections in their tracks, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It could stop infections in their tracks,
S01 • E02 And in the infrared, we can see through the dust. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
And in the infrared, we can see through the dust.
S01 • E02 Looking through, we can see many more stars. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Looking through, we can see many more stars.
S01 • E01 Now in the throws of war, understanding it and producing it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Now in the throws of war, understanding it and producing it
S01 • E02 Most of the stars in our galaxy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Most of the stars in our galaxy
S01 • E01 But penicillin was still a mystery, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
But penicillin was still a mystery,
S01 • E02 But that's not true for the innermost stars. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
But that's not true for the innermost stars.
S01 • E01 So Hodgkin set her laboratory a challenge - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So Hodgkin set her laboratory a challenge -
S01 • E02 All of these stars will still be going round - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
All of these stars will still be going round
S01 • E01 Georgina Ferry is a science writer and biographer of Dorothy Hodgkin. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Georgina Ferry is a science writer and biographer of Dorothy...
S01 • E02 They're moving much faster, and you can see that this one - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
They're moving much faster, and you can see that this o...
S01 • E01 What was so difficult about understanding its structure? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
What was so difficult about understanding its structure?
S01 • E01 The structure was unknown and, naturally, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
The structure was unknown and, naturally,
S01 • E02 It goes up to 5,000 kilometres per second, much faster, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It goes up to 5,000 kilometres per second, much faster,
S01 • E02 It's by studying strange mysteries like the orbits of these stars - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It's by studying strange mysteries like the orbits of t...