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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Now, travelling outwards, I'm going to leave oursolar system behind

Now, travelling outwards, I'm going to leave our
solar system behind

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Now, travelling outwards,
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I'm going to leave our solar system behind.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:33
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 • E01 And then we came face-to-face with one of our deadliest enemies. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And then we came face-to-face with one of our deadliest enem...
S01 • E02 We now know that the beautiful ribbon of stars - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:22
We now know that the beautiful ribbon of stars
S01 • E01 This is an infectious bronchitis virus. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
This is an infectious bronchitis virus.
S01 • E01 And these are common cold viruses. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
And these are common cold viruses.
S01 • E01 On them, you can see something strange, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
On them, you can see something strange,
S01 • E01 They were, in fact, tiny spikes, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
They were, in fact, tiny spikes,
S01 • E02 In the first decades of the 20th century, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
In the first decades of the 20th century,
S01 • E01 So they named this new class of viruses - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
So they named this new class of viruses
S01 • E02 Many astronomers believed that everything we could see - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
Many astronomers believed that everything we could see
S01 • E01 These are all coronaviruses. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
These are all coronaviruses.
S01 • E01 In 2020, electron microscopes helped to identify a new virus - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
In 2020, electron microscopes helped to identify a new virus...
S01 • E02 So the argument went, what we refer to today as our Milky Way galaxy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
So the argument went, what we refer to today as our Milky Wa...
S01 • E02 They argued that our universe is composed of - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
They argued that our universe is composed of
S01 • E01 Professor Pippa Hawes studies viruses like Covid-19 - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Professor Pippa Hawes studies viruses like Covid-19
S01 • E02 Colossal independent islands of stars, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Colossal independent islands of stars,
S01 • E01 How have electron microscopes allowed us to understand Covid-19? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
How have electron microscopes allowed us to understand Covid...
S01 • E02 So our Milky Way would just be one galaxy among many. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So our Milky Way would just be one galaxy among many.
S01 • E01 They've been crucial because they've allowed us to investigate - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
They've been crucial because they've allowed us to...
S01 • E02 Now, if that idea was right, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Now, if that idea was right,
S01 • E01 So here we have the Covid-19 virus itself. Yeah. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So here we have the Covid-19 virus itself. Yeah.