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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

So what we're looking at nowis the same image as we hadunder the optical microscope?

So what we're looking at now
is the same image as we had
under the optical microscope?

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So what we're looking at now is the same image
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as we had under the optical microscope?
Duration
7 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:38
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 • E01 You can already recognise there's two shadows here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
You can already recognise there's two shadows here,
S01 • E01 But in the middle here, you recognise what you also saw - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
But in the middle here, you recognise what you also saw
S01 • E02 The power of gravity brought together galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The power of gravity brought together galaxies
S01 • E02 But over a certain size, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
But over a certain size,
S01 • E02 Like my sandpaper, the universe should appear featureless. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Like my sandpaper, the universe should appear featureless.
S01 • E01 Slowly getting closer and closer and closer. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Slowly getting closer and closer and closer.
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 • 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 But recent findings have cast some doubt - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
But recent findings have cast some doubt
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...