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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Using this method, Alexia hasbeen able to create a 3D map of a huge chunk of the universe,...

Using this method, Alexia has
been able to create a 3D map of a huge chunk of the universe, and she seems to have found
a pattern

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Using this method, Alexia has been able to create a 3D map
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of a huge chunk of the universe,
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and she seems to have found a pattern.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:29
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 • E02 These red blobs are all galaxies or galactic clusters, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
These red blobs are all galaxies or galactic clusters,
S01 • E01 For me, as a theoretical physicist, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:20
For me, as a theoretical physicist,
S01 • E02 We've used three different statistical tests - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
We've used three different statistical tests
S01 • E02 That it's really there. Why is it so unexpected and exciting? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
That it's really there. Why is it so unexpected and exc...
S01 • E02 So we have this thing in cosmology known as the cosmological principle - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
So we have this thing in cosmology known as the cosmological...
S01 • E01 I still can't get my head around the fact - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
I still can't get my head around the fact
S01 • E01 I mean, I've spent my career studying atomic nuclei, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
I mean, I've spent my career studying atomic nuclei,
S01 • E02 The cosmological principle has a specific cut-off limit - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The cosmological principle has a specific cut-off limit
S01 • E01 The notion that we're looking at an individual atom here... - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The notion that we're looking at an individual atom her...
S01 • E02 But the giant arc here is over three billion light years wide, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
But the giant arc here is over three billion light years wid...
S01 • E01 And I love the analogy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
And I love the analogy
S01 • E02 The giant arc is so big that, if we could see it from Earth, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
The giant arc is so big that, if we could see it from Earth,
S01 • E01 Atoms are tiny. They are tiny. The fact that we have an instrument - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Atoms are tiny. They are tiny. The fact that we have an inst...
S01 • E02 The reason it's so mysterious - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
The reason it's so mysterious
S01 • E01 I might be either simple-minded or single-minded, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
I might be either simple-minded or single-minded,
S01 • E02 Even bigger superstructures have been found, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
Even bigger superstructures have been found,
S01 • E01 We've now entered a realm in which we can see individual atoms, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
We've now entered a realm in which we can see individua...
S01 • E02 It's early days in the story, but this debate could be a game-changer - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:13
It's early days in the story, but this debate could be ...
S01 • E01 It's all so new that it's impossible to say where it's going to take us. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
It's all so new that it's impossible to say where ...
S01 • E02 It's still too early, but everything is built on top - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
It's still too early, but everything is built on top