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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

So cosmologists likeHelene use superclusters to investigate the workings ofgravity at the...

So cosmologists like
Helene use superclusters to investigate the workings of
gravity at the very largest scales

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So cosmologists like Helene use superclusters
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to investigate the workings of gravity at the very largest scales.
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11 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:51:00
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 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...
S01 • E02 But if I zoom in, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
But if I zoom in,
S01 • E02 Mottled colours of black and brown and yellow, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Mottled colours of black and brown and yellow,
S01 • E01 Under the optical microscope, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Under the optical microscope,