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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

They both have the same surface area and so feel the same air resistance

They both have the same surface area and so feel the same air resistance

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They both have the same surface area
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and so feel the same air resistance.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:03:47
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 • E02 You see, in space, distances are so vast - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
You see, in space, distances are so vast
S01 • E01 But the ping-pong ball is lighter, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
But the ping-pong ball is lighter,
S01 • E01 Megaphragma is like a tiny ping-pong ball, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:20
Megaphragma is like a tiny ping-pong ball,
S01 • E02 And, as it happens, the distance between the Earth and the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And, as it happens, the distance between the Earth and the s...
S01 • E02 The sun is 150 million kilometres from the Earth, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The sun is 150 million kilometres from the Earth,
S01 • E02 So, our neighbouring planet, Mars, orbits the sun at an average - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
So, our neighbouring planet, Mars, orbits the sun at an aver...
S01 • E01 If you were to make this the size of a human, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
If you were to make this the size of a human,
S01 • E02 The asteroid belt, containing millions of floating rocks, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The asteroid belt, containing millions of floating rocks,
S01 • E01 Yet, it's so successively adapted to the world in which it exists that, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:15
Yet, it's so successively adapted to the world in which...
S01 • E02 Jupiter orbits at an average of five AU. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Jupiter orbits at an average of five AU.
S01 • E01 When we look at even tinier objects, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
When we look at even tinier objects,
S01 • E02 And Neptune orbits at an average distance of 30 AU. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
And Neptune orbits at an average distance of 30 AU.
S01 • E01 As we increase magnification, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
As we increase magnification,
S01 • E02 Many of us think this is the end of the solar system... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Many of us think this is the end of the solar system...
S01 • E02 ..but if you travel beyond the planets - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
..but if you travel beyond the planets
S01 • E01 Professor Susan Anderson at the University of Nottingham - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Professor Susan Anderson at the University of Nottingham
S01 • E01 So, this is the sort of detail that we get in a light microscope. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So, this is the sort of detail that we get in a light micros...
S01 • E02 It's a bubble called the heliosphere. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
It's a bubble called the heliosphere.
S01 • E01 We have lots of individual cells here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
We have lots of individual cells here,
S01 • E02 The heliosphere was only discovered in the middle of the 20th century - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
The heliosphere was only discovered in the middle of the 20t...