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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

My supervisor had this ideaof using this new technique to map what's out therein the...

My supervisor had this idea
of using this new technique to map what's out there
in the universe and I happened to stumble across
this giant, great structure

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My supervisor had this idea of using this new technique
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to map what's out there in the universe
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and I happened to stumble across this giant, great structure.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:54
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 If you notice, the shape of this hole, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
If you notice, the shape of this hole,
S01 • E01 It's now getting to a size that is more foreign to everyday life, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
It's now getting to a size that is more foreign to ever...
S01 • E02 The ingenious method which Alexia used - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The ingenious method which Alexia used
S01 • E01 But let's zoom in and hopefully see - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
But let's zoom in and hopefully see
S01 • E02 These are immensely bright centres of galaxies, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
These are immensely bright centres of galaxies,
S01 • E01 So this is now that same patch, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
So this is now that same patch,
S01 • E01 You might just about start being able to recognise - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
You might just about start being able to recognise
S01 • E02 For Alexia, they were extremely useful - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
For Alexia, they were extremely useful
S01 • E01 But if you look closely on the original image - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
But if you look closely on the original image
S01 • E02 We're going to use these two torches to represent quasars. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
We're going to use these two torches to represent quasa...
S01 • E01 And they are brighter because, those atoms are heavier, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And they are brighter because, those atoms are heavier,
S01 • E02 Now, you have a simple demo here, this plate of glass. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Now, you have a simple demo here, this plate of glass.
S01 • E01 But just to demonstrate, I can move that scan box - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
But just to demonstrate, I can move that scan box
S01 • E02 These little blobs here - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
These little blobs here
S01 • E02 Now, without the quasars, we wouldn't be able to see them. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Now, without the quasars, we wouldn't be able to see th...
S01 • E01 So that entire bright patch - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
So that entire bright patch
S01 • E02 But with the quasars, they essentially act like a torchlight - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
But with the quasars, they essentially act like a torchlight
S01 • E01 And yet it's a blob, it's a patch. It's not the picture of an atom - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
And yet it's a blob, it's a patch. It's not t...
S01 • E02 As the light passes through a galaxy, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
As the light passes through a galaxy,
S01 • E01 It remains reasonably abstract. What we see is this average structure - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
It remains reasonably abstract. What we see is this average ...