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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

One electronfrom each atom is spare

One electron
from each atom is spare

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One electron from each atom is spare.
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00:50:44
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May 06, 2025
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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 These free electrons can zip around unhindered, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
These free electrons can zip around unhindered,
S01 • E02 So cosmologists like Helene use superclusters - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
So cosmologists like Helene use superclusters
S01 • E01 There are high hopes that it will enable new kinds - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:18
There are high hopes that it will enable new kinds
S01 • E02 Our question, our physics question, is gravitation. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Our question, our physics question, is gravitation.
S01 • E01 Of course, this is still early days in graphene research - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Of course, this is still early days in graphene research
S01 • E02 And was it always the same in time? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
And was it always the same in time?
S01 • E02 So we use the universe as a lab with huge masses - the galaxies. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
So we use the universe as a lab with huge masses - the galax...
S01 • E01 The discovery of graphene brings us towards the end of this story, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
The discovery of graphene brings us towards the end of this ...
S01 • E02 From the infinite small to the infinite large, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
From the infinite small to the infinite large,
S01 • E02 We still miss the full understanding of it. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
We still miss the full understanding of it.
S01 • E02 By studying superclusters, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
By studying superclusters,
S01 • E01 Professor Quentin Ramasse - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Professor Quentin Ramasse
S01 • E01 He's going to zoom into a sample of graphene, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
He's going to zoom into a sample of graphene,
S01 • E02 According to our current model of cosmology, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
According to our current model of cosmology,
S01 • E01 OK, what are you going to show me here? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
OK, what are you going to show me here?
S01 • E01 So, we've prepared some graphene samples for you. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So, we've prepared some graphene samples for you.
S01 • E01 The samples are on a copper grid just millimetres wide. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
The samples are on a copper grid just millimetres wide.
S01 • E02 If I look at this sheet of sandpaper, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
If I look at this sheet of sandpaper,
S01 • E01 Let me put it here and actually place it into the sample holder. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Let me put it here and actually place it into the sample hol...
S01 • E01 That's the three millimetre sample? That's the three millimetre sample, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
That's the three millimetre sample? That's the thr...