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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Thanks to ground-breakingnew technologies, I'm setting out to explore thesehidden worlds...

Thanks to ground-breaking
new technologies, I'm setting out to explore these
hidden worlds for the first time

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Thanks to ground-breaking new technologies,
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I'm setting out to explore these hidden worlds for the first time.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:34
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're looking at the craters and bumps and hills - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
You're looking at the craters and bumps and hills
S01 • E02 It's sending you a daily email from space. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's sending you a daily email from space.
S01 • E02 At the tiniest and the largest scales, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
At the tiniest and the largest scales,
S01 • E01 We have an instrument here that allows you to look at an atom. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
We have an instrument here that allows you to look at an ato...
S01 • E02 My journey will take me to the frontiers of modern science, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
My journey will take me to the frontiers of modern science,
S01 • E01 We can block the Covid-19 virus itself. Yeah. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
We can block the Covid-19 virus itself. Yeah.
S01 • E01 And at the tiniest and the largest scales, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
And at the tiniest and the largest scales,
S01 • E02 This is the story of how the universe works - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
This is the story of how the universe works
S01 • E01 My journey will take me to the frontiers of modern science, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
My journey will take me to the frontiers of modern science,
S01 • E01 This is the story of how the universe works - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
This is the story of how the universe works
S01 • E02 When we move to scales beyond our imagination - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
When we move to scales beyond our imagination
S01 • E02 But about three centuries ago, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
But about three centuries ago,
S01 • E01 These are the very first images ever recorded of the microscopic world. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
These are the very first images ever recorded of the microsc...
S01 • E02 You might recognise this. It's called an orrery - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
You might recognise this. It's called an orrery
S01 • E01 They appeared in a book called Micrographia, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
They appeared in a book called Micrographia,
S01 • E02 Now, it's not really a toy. It's been used for centuries - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Now, it's not really a toy. It's been used for cen...
S01 • E01 Even at this magnification, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Even at this magnification,
S01 • E02 But you shouldn't take this model literally - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
But you shouldn't take this model literally
S01 • E01 With Micrographia, three-and-a-half centuries ago, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
With Micrographia, three-and-a-half centuries ago,
S01 • E01 As we began to see the microscopic world, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
As we began to see the microscopic world,