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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

The new electron microscopesrevealed that graphene was a sheet of carbonjust a single atom...

The new electron microscopes
revealed that graphene was a sheet of carbon
just a single atom thick

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The new electron microscopes revealed that graphene
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was a sheet of carbon just a single atom thick.
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9 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:44
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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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 And incredible strength was just one of its unexpected properties. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And incredible strength was just one of its unexpected prope...
S01 • E02 First, Helene and colleagues plotted the positions - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
First, Helene and colleagues plotted the positions
S01 • E01 So, just how impressive is graphene? Well, I've come here to this lab - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So, just how impressive is graphene? Well, I've come he...
S01 • E01 It's a stretchy polymer. One of them is just the pure polymer, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
It's a stretchy polymer. One of them is just the pure p...
S01 • E02 Then they measured the spectrum of every single galaxy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:15
Then they measured the spectrum of every single galaxy
S01 • E01 And I want to stretch them to find out how much force is needed - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And I want to stretch them to find out how much force is nee...
S01 • E02 They found tens of thousands of galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
They found tens of thousands of galaxies
S01 • E02 And they fly like this, like a dance, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
And they fly like this, like a dance,
S01 • E01 So that snapped at...? 533 newtons. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
So that snapped at...? 533 newtons.
S01 • E01 So that's about two... Two bags of cement. Two bags of cement. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So that's about two... Two bags of cement. Two bags of ...
S01 • E02 In some parts of space, they travel together - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
In some parts of space, they travel together
S01 • E01 ..reset the machine with the graphene ones. OK? OK. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
..reset the machine with the graphene ones. OK? OK.
S01 • E02 In 2014, they made an astonishing announcement. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
In 2014, they made an astonishing announcement.
S01 • E02 They'd mapped the giant supercluster - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
They'd mapped the giant supercluster
S01 • E02 They gave it a Hawaiian name - Laniakea. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
They gave it a Hawaiian name - Laniakea.
S01 • E02 Its true size is incomprehensible to our minds, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Its true size is incomprehensible to our minds,
S01 • E01 OK, so it's now hit 500 newtons. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
OK, so it's now hit 500 newtons.
S01 • E01 We've now already overtaken the non-graphene. Yes. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
We've now already overtaken the non-graphene. Yes.
S01 • E02 But there are landscapes here on our planet - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
But there are landscapes here on our planet
S01 • E01 And it looks pretty healthy, as far as I can tell. It's healthy, yes. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And it looks pretty healthy, as far as I can tell. It's...