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Using an X-ray telescope called Chandra
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Using an X-ray telescopecalled Chandra, Andrew and his team took thesephotos of a region...

Using an X-ray telescope
called Chandra, Andrew and his team took these
photos of a region of space 250 million light years away

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Using an X-ray telescope called Chandra,
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Andrew and his team took these photos of a region of space
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250 million light years away.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:40
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 This begs the question, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
This begs the question,
S01 • E02 They show massive energy bursts, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
They show massive energy bursts,
S01 • E01 The first hints that this might be possible - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The first hints that this might be possible
S01 • E01 Scientists noticed that when they shone X-rays through crystals, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Scientists noticed that when they shone X-rays through cryst...
S01 • E02 Each ripple is effectively part of a sound - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Each ripple is effectively part of a sound
S01 • E02 Andrew has calculated that these sound waves - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Andrew has calculated that these sound waves
S01 • E01 These images may not look like much, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
These images may not look like much,
S01 • E01 And by crackling it, you can deduce the way the atoms - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
And by crackling it, you can deduce the way the atoms
S01 • E02 You've calculated that the sound is a B flat? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
You've calculated that the sound is a B flat?
S01 • E02 Indeed. Which is why we're here - because George, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Indeed. Which is why we're here - because George,
S01 • E01 This process of turning images like these into an understanding - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
This process of turning images like these into an understand...
S01 • E02 First of all, George plays us a B flat - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
First of all, George plays us a B flat
S01 • E01 For a sense of how X-ray crystallography works, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
For a sense of how X-ray crystallography works,
S01 • E02 Every time George goes an octave lower, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Every time George goes an octave lower,
S01 • E01 To keep it simple, let's say they're all arranged in neat rows, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
To keep it simple, let's say they're all arranged ...
S01 • E02 Three octaves down and he's using the longest pipe at his disposal, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Three octaves down and he's using the longest pipe at h...
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