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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Three octaves down and he's usingthe longest pipe at his disposal, and the note is getting...

Three octaves down and he's using
the longest pipe at his disposal, and the note is getting to be
as low as we humans can hear

Full Transcript

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Three octaves down and he's using the longest pipe at his disposal,
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and the note is getting to be as low as we humans can hear.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:49
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

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's important is that the wavelength of the X-rays - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
What's important is that the wavelength of the X-rays
S01 • E02 So we've gone down three octaves? Yes. But to get to the sound... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So we've gone down three octaves? Yes. But to get to th...
S01 • E02 We have to go down another 54 octaves, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
We have to go down another 54 octaves,
S01 • E01 Imagine an X-ray reflecting off the surface - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Imagine an X-ray reflecting off the surface
S01 • E01 The beam that travels down to the next layer - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The beam that travels down to the next layer
S01 • E02 The organ would have to be the size of a galaxy? Yes. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
The organ would have to be the size of a galaxy? Yes.
S01 • E01 If the waves are now out of step - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
If the waves are now out of step
S01 • E02 The note is so low because the object only gives off - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The note is so low because the object only gives off
S01 • E01 But if they're in step, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
But if they're in step,
S01 • E02 The same kind of massive ejections have been detected again and again, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The same kind of massive ejections have been detected again ...
S01 • E01 By carefully measuring - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
By carefully measuring
S01 • E02 This extraordinary image shows that millions of years ago, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
This extraordinary image shows that millions of years ago,
S01 • E01 By decoding images like this, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
By decoding images like this,
S01 • E02 So what can possibly lie at the centre of galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
So what can possibly lie at the centre of galaxies
S01 • E01 The atoms are arranged at each corner of a cube - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The atoms are arranged at each corner of a cube
S01 • E02 This is a panorama photo of our own Milky Way, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
This is a panorama photo of our own Milky Way,
S01 • E01 Most importantly, it meant we now knew the distance - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Most importantly, it meant we now knew the distance
S01 • E02 In order to see what's at the centre, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
In order to see what's at the centre,
S01 • E01 But for me, the story of X-ray crystallography - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
But for me, the story of X-ray crystallography
S01 • E02 It's dust particles that lie between the stars. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
It's dust particles that lie between the stars.