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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

This is a type of waspcalled Megaphragma, one of the smallestflying insects in the world

This is a type of wasp
called Megaphragma, one of the smallest
flying insects in the world

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This is a type of wasp called Megaphragma,
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one of the smallest flying insects in the world.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:01
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 The sun is over 100 times the diameter of the Earth. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The sun is over 100 times the diameter of the Earth.
S01 • E01 It's just a few tenths of a millimetre long, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It's just a few tenths of a millimetre long,
S01 • E02 You could fit one million Earth-size planets inside it. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
You could fit one million Earth-size planets inside it.
S01 • E02 The sun's mass is the source of its immense gravitational power - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The sun's mass is the source of its immense gravitation...
S01 • E01 ..and flies in an unusual way. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
..and flies in an unusual way.
S01 • E01 That's because air feels very different to it - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
That's because air feels very different to it
S01 • E02 The next question is, on this scale, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The next question is, on this scale,
S01 • E02 Again, this is very different from the orrery - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Again, this is very different from the orrery
S01 • E01 And that's because of the science of air resistance. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And that's because of the science of air resistance.
S01 • E01 Take a golf ball and a ping-pong ball. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Take a golf ball and a ping-pong ball.
S01 • E01 It's easier to throw a golf ball than a ping-pong ball. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
It's easier to throw a golf ball than a ping-pong ball.
S01 • E02 The distance between the Earth and the sun - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The distance between the Earth and the sun
S01 • E01 They both have the same surface area - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
They both have the same surface area
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,