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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Slowly getting closerand closer and closer

Slowly getting closer
and closer and closer

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Slowly getting closer and closer and closer.
Duration
6 seconds
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33
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:02
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 This is what's called the cosmological principle - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
This is what's called the cosmological principle
S01 • E01 We're going to be zooming into graphene much further in. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
We're going to be zooming into graphene much further in...
S01 • E01 This is a patch of graphene that's about 500 nanometres across. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
This is a patch of graphene that's about 500 nanometres...
S01 • E02 But recent findings have cast some doubt - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
But recent findings have cast some doubt
S01 • E01 How does this, then, compare to the thickness of a human hair? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
How does this, then, compare to the thickness of a human hai...
S01 • E02 Remarkably, one of those discoveries was made by a student. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Remarkably, one of those discoveries was made by a student.
S01 • E01 And so what we're trying to do, really, is zoom in even further - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And so what we're trying to do, really, is zoom in even...
S01 • E02 Alexia teaches violin to students - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Alexia teaches violin to students
S01 • E01 So we'll start reducing the magnification slowly. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So we'll start reducing the magnification slowly.
S01 • E01 I'll go to magnify it ten times this time, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
I'll go to magnify it ten times this time,
S01 • E02 It was really exciting, but completely accidental. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
It was really exciting, but completely accidental.
S01 • E02 My supervisor had this idea of using this new technique - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
My supervisor had this idea of using this new technique
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