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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

She catalogued so many stars, looked at so many photographicplates over and over

She catalogued so many stars, looked at so many photographic
plates over and over

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She catalogued so many stars,
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looked at so many photographic plates over and over.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:36
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 So here are some of Leavitt's photographic plates. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
So here are some of Leavitt's photographic plates.
S01 • E01 Sneaky. Yes! And so, understanding this, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Sneaky. Yes! And so, understanding this,
S01 • E02 Leavitt dedicated herself to studying a very weird type of star - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Leavitt dedicated herself to studying a very weird type of s...
S01 • E01 We need to know how the virus infects, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
We need to know how the virus infects,
S01 • E02 These grow and shrink at regular intervals, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
These grow and shrink at regular intervals,
S01 • E01 Seeing things at this scale has revealed - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Seeing things at this scale has revealed
S01 • E02 Leavitt concentrated on looking for variable stars - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Leavitt concentrated on looking for variable stars
S01 • E02 I find it hard to believe, looking at a picture like this, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
I find it hard to believe, looking at a picture like this,
S01 • E01 They could see and begin to understand how genetics worked - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
They could see and begin to understand how genetics worked
S01 • E01 They could watch a white blood cell attacking an infection. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
They could watch a white blood cell attacking an infection.
S01 • E02 Mind-blowing to look at that and think about how kind of - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Mind-blowing to look at that and think about how kind of
S01 • E01 And they could now see beyond the living world, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
And they could now see beyond the living world,
S01 • E02 And looking at these stars, she noticed something - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
And looking at these stars, she noticed something
S01 • E02 Leavitt realised that there was a strict relationship - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Leavitt realised that there was a strict relationship
S01 • E01 Then, in 1991, a group in Japan saw this - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Then, in 1991, a group in Japan saw this -
S01 • E02 So if we look at these four pairs of lights, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So if we look at these four pairs of lights,
S01 • E01 Ten times smaller than a virus. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Ten times smaller than a virus.
S01 • E01 They were carbon nanotubes, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
They were carbon nanotubes,
S01 • E02 And at this end, these are the brightest pair, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And at this end, these are the brightest pair,
S01 • E02 And that's exactly what Leavitt noticed, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
And that's exactly what Leavitt noticed,