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That it's really there. Why is it so unexpected and exciting?
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

That it's really there. Why isit so unexpected and exciting?

That it's really there. Why is
it so unexpected and exciting?

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That it's really there. Why is it so unexpected and exciting?
Duration
5 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:00
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 • 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 • 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 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...
S01 • E02 The reason it's so mysterious - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The reason it's so mysterious
S01 • E01 I might be either simple-minded or single-minded, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
I might be either simple-minded or single-minded,
S01 • E02 Even bigger superstructures have been found, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
Even bigger superstructures have been found,
S01 • E01 We've now entered a realm in which we can see individual atoms, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
We've now entered a realm in which we can see individua...
S01 • E02 It's early days in the story, but this debate could be a game-changer - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
It's early days in the story, but this debate could be ...
S01 • E01 It's all so new that it's impossible to say where it's going to take us. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
It's all so new that it's impossible to say where ...
S01 • E02 It's still too early, but everything is built on top - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
It's still too early, but everything is built on top
S01 • E01 But as we learn more about our world, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
But as we learn more about our world,
S01 • E02 And everything collapses. ..and the whole thing collapses! - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
And everything collapses. ..and the whole thing collapses!
S01 • E01 As I journey from our solar system out to galactic superclusters, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
As I journey from our solar system out to galactic superclus...
S01 • E02 Carrying out investigations at these mind-boggling scales - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:21
Carrying out investigations at these mind-boggling scales