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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Probably initially those wereten layers thick but eventually we went downto a single layer

Probably initially those were
ten layers thick but eventually we went down
to a single layer

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Probably initially those were ten layers thick
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but eventually we went down to a single layer.
Duration
8 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:35
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 All of the galaxies are being pulled by incredible gravitational forces - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
All of the galaxies are being pulled by incredible gravitati...
S01 • E02 They're all moving towards a central mass - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
They're all moving towards a central mass
S01 • E01 It's hard to overstate just how excited scientists - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
It's hard to overstate just how excited scientists
S01 • E02 The Great Attractor is still a mystery, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
The Great Attractor is still a mystery,
S01 • E01 It's just a single flat sheet of carbon atoms all bonded together. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
It's just a single flat sheet of carbon atoms all bonde...
S01 • E01 But that would be really under-selling it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
But that would be really under-selling it
S01 • E02 And there we have it, our home in the universe. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
And there we have it, our home in the universe.
S01 • E01 For a sense of why graphene is so extraordinary, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
For a sense of why graphene is so extraordinary,
S01 • E02 Laniakea contains about 100,000 galaxies like ours - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Laniakea contains about 100,000 galaxies like ours
S01 • E01 Each sheet is made up of repeating hexagons. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Each sheet is made up of repeating hexagons.
S01 • E02 It stretches across half a billion light years. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It stretches across half a billion light years.
S01 • E01 At each corner is a carbon atom - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
At each corner is a carbon atom
S01 • E02 Looking at all of this, you can see why they called it Laniakea. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Looking at all of this, you can see why they called it Lania...
S01 • E02 It's a Hawaiian term meaning 'immense heaven'. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's a Hawaiian term meaning 'immense heaven'...
S01 • E01 Those bonds are the source of the material's strength, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Those bonds are the source of the material's strength,
S01 • E02 These giant superclusters are only just being discovered, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
These giant superclusters are only just being discovered,
S01 • E01 Each carbon atom bonds to its three neighbours - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Each carbon atom bonds to its three neighbours
S01 • E02 From earthly scales to the rotation of galaxies, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:17
From earthly scales to the rotation of galaxies,
S01 • E01 One electron from each atom is spare. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
One electron from each atom is spare.
S01 • E01 These free electrons can zip around unhindered, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
These free electrons can zip around unhindered,