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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Space doesn't just containgas and dust, it's also contaminatedwith radiation produced by...

Space doesn't just contain
gas and dust, it's also contaminated
with radiation produced by cataclysmic
events like supernovae

Full Transcript

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Space doesn't just contain gas and dust,
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it's also contaminated with radiation
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produced by cataclysmic events like supernovae.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:57
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

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 Modern optical microscopes have uncovered a strange world - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Modern optical microscopes have uncovered a strange world
S01 • E02 Fortunately for us, the magnetic bubble of the heliosphere - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
Fortunately for us, the magnetic bubble of the heliosphere
S01 • E01 A world very different from our own. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
A world very different from our own.
S01 • E02 So, in a sense, our heliosphere is like a life raft - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
So, in a sense, our heliosphere is like a life raft
S01 • E01 All revealed by a device that is essentially remarkably simple. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
All revealed by a device that is essentially remarkably simp...
S01 • E02 As it pushes its way through the interstellar medium, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
As it pushes its way through the interstellar medium,
S01 • E01 This is a modern but pretty basic compound microscope, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:20
This is a modern but pretty basic compound microscope,
S01 • E02 It's thought that most if not all stars have heliospheres. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's thought that most if not all stars have heliospher...
S01 • E02 Our telescopes have taken photographs of other stars - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Our telescopes have taken photographs of other stars
S01 • E02 Sometimes we can even make out the bow wave. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Sometimes we can even make out the bow wave.
S01 • E01 The second lens multiplies the magnification of the first. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The second lens multiplies the magnification of the first.
S01 • E02 In 2020, the European Space Agency launched a mission to the sun, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
In 2020, the European Space Agency launched a mission to the...
S01 • E01 There is, however, a fundamental problem with optical microscopes. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
There is, however, a fundamental problem with optical micros...
S01 • E01 As we increase magnification, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
As we increase magnification,
S01 • E02 And among the scientists who built it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
And among the scientists who built it
S01 • E01 This is because light is a wave, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:16
This is because light is a wave,
S01 • E02 Half past seven, and we're due to launch in about three and a half - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Half past seven, and we're due to launch in about three...
S01 • E01 So the next step downwards - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
So the next step downwards
S01 • E02 You see it launch and then we get this feeling. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
You see it launch and then we get this feeling.
S01 • E02 It's like a vibration of the launch because it's such a powerful event. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's like a vibration of the launch because it's s...