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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

So you see this dark line here, that correspondsto the wavelength of sodium

So you see this dark line here, that corresponds
to the wavelength of sodium

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So you see this dark line here,
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that corresponds to the wavelength of sodium.
Duration
6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:42:11
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 Now, if Andromeda wasn't moving towards us or away from us, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
Now, if Andromeda wasn't moving towards us or away from...
S01 • E01 That it was impossible. We had three different people. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
That it was impossible. We had three different people.
S01 • E01 Theoretician, experimentalist and material scientists, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Theoretician, experimentalist and material scientists,
S01 • E02 We should see that dip between these two vertical lines. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
We should see that dip between these two vertical lines.
S01 • E01 Their approach used multiple electron magnets, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Their approach used multiple electron magnets,
S01 • E02 But, in fact, you can see it shifted slightly to the left - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
But, in fact, you can see it shifted slightly to the left
S01 • E02 That means Andromeda's light is blueshifted, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
That means Andromeda's light is blueshifted,
S01 • E01 Then a second lens reformed the image, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Then a second lens reformed the image,
S01 • E02 And from the amount of shift, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And from the amount of shift,
S01 • E01 It would require sophisticated arrangements of multipoles, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
It would require sophisticated arrangements of multipoles,
S01 • E02 You might well ask, "So what, who cares?" - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:19
You might well ask, "So what, who cares?"
S01 • E02 So, through spectroscopy we've discovered our galactic destiny. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
So, through spectroscopy we've discovered our galactic ...
S01 • E02 It will take about four billion years, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:15
It will take about four billion years,
S01 • E01 For years, they struggled to get their new lenses to work, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
For years, they struggled to get their new lenses to work,
S01 • E01 I had a lovely comment from a professor at Stanford - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:15
I had a lovely comment from a professor at Stanford
S01 • E02 Using spectroscopy and other observations, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Using spectroscopy and other observations,
S01 • E02 Under the influence of the vast power of gravity, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
Under the influence of the vast power of gravity,
S01 • E01 And soon they caught glimpses of the building blocks of all matter - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
And soon they caught glimpses of the building blocks of all ...
S01 • E02 These groups can be drawn into larger structures - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
These groups can be drawn into larger structures
S01 • E01 Here's a typical image without aberration correction. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Here's a typical image without aberration correction.