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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

So that entire bright patch is a single atom of silicone?

So that entire bright patch is a single atom of silicone?

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So that entire bright patch
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is a single atom of silicone?
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:55:05
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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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 But with the quasars, they essentially act like a torchlight - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
But with the quasars, they essentially act like a torchlight
S01 • E01 And yet it's a blob, it's a patch. It's not the picture of an atom - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
And yet it's a blob, it's a patch. It's not t...
S01 • E02 As the light passes through a galaxy, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
As the light passes through a galaxy,
S01 • E01 It remains reasonably abstract. What we see is this average structure - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
It remains reasonably abstract. What we see is this average ...
S01 • E02 We can see that some of the light was absorbed - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
We can see that some of the light was absorbed
S01 • E02 Using this method, Alexia has been able to create a 3D map - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Using this method, Alexia has been able to create a 3D map
S01 • E01 We've magnified this sample that we've taken out - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
We've magnified this sample that we've taken out
S01 • E02 These red blobs are all galaxies or galactic clusters, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
These red blobs are all galaxies or galactic clusters,
S01 • E01 For me, as a theoretical physicist, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:20
For me, as a theoretical physicist,
S01 • E02 We've used three different statistical tests - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
We've used three different statistical tests
S01 • E02 That it's really there. Why is it so unexpected and exciting? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
That it's really there. Why is it so unexpected and exc...
S01 • E02 So we have this thing in cosmology known as the cosmological principle - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
So we have this thing in cosmology known as the cosmological...
S01 • E01 I still can't get my head around the fact - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
I still can't get my head around the fact
S01 • E01 I mean, I've spent my career studying atomic nuclei, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
I mean, I've spent my career studying atomic nuclei,
S01 • E02 The cosmological principle has a specific cut-off limit - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The cosmological principle has a specific cut-off limit
S01 • E01 The notion that we're looking at an individual atom here... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The notion that we're looking at an individual atom her...
S01 • E02 But the giant arc here is over three billion light years wide, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
But the giant arc here is over three billion light years wid...
S01 • E01 And I love the analogy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
And I love the analogy
S01 • E02 The giant arc is so big that, if we could see it from Earth, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
The giant arc is so big that, if we could see it from Earth,
S01 • E01 Atoms are tiny. They are tiny. The fact that we have an instrument - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Atoms are tiny. They are tiny. The fact that we have an inst...