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The debate revolved around some mysterious objects in the sky
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The debate revolved around somemysterious objects in the sky, fuzzy patches of lightcalled...

The debate revolved around some
mysterious objects in the sky, fuzzy patches of light
called nebulae

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The debate revolved around some mysterious objects in the sky,
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fuzzy patches of light called nebulae.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:04
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 Like all viruses, Covid needs to hijack another cell to reproduce. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Like all viruses, Covid needs to hijack another cell to repr...
S01 • E02 Although they were very faint, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Although they were very faint,
S01 • E01 What does the virus do inside the cell? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
What does the virus do inside the cell?
S01 • E02 Telescopes of the time were even able to make out structure - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
Telescopes of the time were even able to make out structure
S01 • E01 The RNA gets placed inside the cytoplasm of the cell. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
The RNA gets placed inside the cytoplasm of the cell.
S01 • E01 This RNA is read by the cellular machinery - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
This RNA is read by the cellular machinery
S01 • E02 Some astronomers argued that nebulae like this - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Some astronomers argued that nebulae like this
S01 • E01 So, by giving it its RNA, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
So, by giving it its RNA,
S01 • E02 Large clouds of dust perhaps, where new stars were being born. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Large clouds of dust perhaps, where new stars were being bor...
S01 • E02 But others argued that nebulae - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
But others argued that nebulae
S01 • E01 Incredibly, we can now see exactly how this happens. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Incredibly, we can now see exactly how this happens.
S01 • E02 The debate was solved to a great extent, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The debate was solved to a great extent,
S01 • E01 What are we looking at here? Where's the cell and where's the virus? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
What are we looking at here? Where's the cell and where...
S01 • E01 The outside of the cell is outside of our field of view. Oh, OK, right. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
The outside of the cell is outside of our field of view. Oh,...
S01 • E02 For many years her work was largely ignored, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
For many years her work was largely ignored,
S01 • E01 Yeah. So this is zooming in now on an infected cell. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Yeah. So this is zooming in now on an infected cell.
S01 • E01 These are parts of the cell that the virus has taken over - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
These are parts of the cell that the virus has taken over
S01 • E01 So, these vesicles, then, are like the viruses' nest that it builds, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So, these vesicles, then, are like the viruses' nest th...
S01 • E02 Henrietta Swan Leavitt worked at Harvard Observatory - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Henrietta Swan Leavitt worked at Harvard Observatory
S01 • E01 It's where it produces more copies of the viral proteins, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
It's where it produces more copies of the viral protein...