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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

This is really impressive

This is really impressive

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This is really impressive.
Duration
4 seconds
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20
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:35
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 What we're looking at here is bacteria skin - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
What we're looking at here is bacteria skin
S01 • E02 On this end you have gamma rays, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
On this end you have gamma rays,
S01 • E02 Then X-rays and then ultraviolet. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Then X-rays and then ultraviolet.
S01 • E02 On this side you have infrared radiation - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
On this side you have infrared radiation
S01 • E01 Each one of these black spots is a hole on the bacteria, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Each one of these black spots is a hole on the bacteria,
S01 • E02 And this slice in the middle, this is visible light. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
And this slice in the middle, this is visible light.
S01 • E01 These are the holes that let water and nutrients - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
These are the holes that let water and nutrients
S01 • E02 It's what our eyes - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
It's what our eyes
S01 • E02 The rest of the spectrum is, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
The rest of the spectrum is,
S01 • E01 So we're looking at how they're arranged, relative to each other. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So we're looking at how they're arranged, relative...
S01 • E02 In the past few decades, we've launched telescopes into space - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
In the past few decades, we've launched telescopes into...
S01 • E01 And what's interesting is that - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
And what's interesting is that
S01 • E01 And then sometimes there are these gaps in your lattice. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
And then sometimes there are these gaps in your lattice.
S01 • E01 So those are the weak spots? We don't know. Oh, OK. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So those are the weak spots? We don't know. Oh, OK.
S01 • E01 So we want to know... That's, like, a next question - - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
So we want to know... That's, like, a next question -
S01 • E02 And as we look beyond visible light, it's like pulling back a veil... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And as we look beyond visible light, it's like pulling ...
S01 • E01 So we know that some kind of patches will make the membrane weaker. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
So we know that some kind of patches will make the membrane ...
S01 • E02 ..giving us astonishing new insights into the very larger structures. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
..giving us astonishing new insights into the very larger st...
S01 • E01 So, if you could get the bacteria to mutate - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
So, if you could get the bacteria to mutate
S01 • E02 Astronomers take photographs of the same object - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Astronomers take photographs of the same object