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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

We have to go downanother 54 octaves, so we're going to have to keepdoubling the size 54...

We have to go down
another 54 octaves, so we're going to have to keep
doubling the size 54 times and it would then be galaxy-size

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We have to go down another 54 octaves,
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so we're going to have to keep doubling the size 54 times
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and it would then be galaxy-size.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:09
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 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.
S01 • E02 They're produced by the stars, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
They're produced by the stars,
S01 • E01 At Cambridge and Oxford in the 1930s and '40s, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
At Cambridge and Oxford in the 1930s and '40s,
S01 • E02 It's material that's not dissimilar from smoke, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
It's material that's not dissimilar from smoke,
S01 • E02 Essentially, it becomes impenetrable - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Essentially, it becomes impenetrable