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These are all coronaviruses
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

These are all coronaviruses

These are all coronaviruses

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These are all coronaviruses.
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4 seconds
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24
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:19
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 In 2020, electron microscopes helped to identify a new virus - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
In 2020, electron microscopes helped to identify a new virus...
S01 • E02 So the argument went, what we refer to today as our Milky Way galaxy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
So the argument went, what we refer to today as our Milky Wa...
S01 • E02 They argued that our universe is composed of - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
They argued that our universe is composed of
S01 • E01 Professor Pippa Hawes studies viruses like Covid-19 - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Professor Pippa Hawes studies viruses like Covid-19
S01 • E02 Colossal independent islands of stars, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Colossal independent islands of stars,
S01 • E01 How have electron microscopes allowed us to understand Covid-19? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
How have electron microscopes allowed us to understand Covid...
S01 • E02 So our Milky Way would just be one galaxy among many. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So our Milky Way would just be one galaxy among many.
S01 • E01 They've been crucial because they've allowed us to investigate - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
They've been crucial because they've allowed us to...
S01 • E02 Now, if that idea was right, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Now, if that idea was right,
S01 • E01 So here we have the Covid-19 virus itself. Yeah. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So here we have the Covid-19 virus itself. Yeah.
S01 • E01 We can see the spike protein very, very clearly here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
We can see the spike protein very, very clearly here,
S01 • E02 The debate revolved around some mysterious objects in the sky, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The debate revolved around some mysterious objects in the sk...
S01 • E02 Although they were very faint, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Although they were very faint,
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 • 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,