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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

We're now pretty surethis is the answer to the puzzleof the giant outbursts

We're now pretty sure
this is the answer to the puzzle
of the giant outbursts

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We're now pretty sure this is the answer
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to the puzzle of the giant outbursts.
Duration
6 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:01
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 These are the carbon atoms, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
These are the carbon atoms,
S01 • E02 They're coming from the supermassive black holes - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
They're coming from the supermassive black holes
S01 • E01 Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur.
S01 • E01 But it's this section here - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
But it's this section here
S01 • E02 Andrew believes these black holes have had a fundamental role - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
Andrew believes these black holes have had a fundamental rol...
S01 • E01 It's called a beta-lactam ring - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
It's called a beta-lactam ring
S01 • E02 The jets of high energy particles and radiation - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
The jets of high energy particles and radiation
S01 • E01 It binds to a part of the cell wall of most bacteria, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It binds to a part of the cell wall of most bacteria,
S01 • E02 Andrew has also found that these explosions of energy - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Andrew has also found that these explosions of energy
S01 • E01 Understanding how penicillin works was a revolution in medicine. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Understanding how penicillin works was a revolution in medic...
S01 • E01 Hodgkin's work spawned a generation of new antibiotics, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Hodgkin's work spawned a generation of new antibiotics,
S01 • E01 And these techniques, still widely used today, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
And these techniques, still widely used today,
S01 • E02 They range from dwarf galaxies, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
They range from dwarf galaxies,
S01 • E01 Despite the achievements of X-ray crystallography, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Despite the achievements of X-ray crystallography,
S01 • E01 To see even smaller things would require something else. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
To see even smaller things would require something else.
S01 • E01 It seemed electron microscopes held the most potential, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It seemed electron microscopes held the most potential,
S01 • E02 It's now thought that there may be up to two trillion galaxies - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
It's now thought that there may be up to two trillion g...
S01 • E01 Their electromagnetic lenses - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Their electromagnetic lenses
S01 • E01 One of the most common problems that affects lenses - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
One of the most common problems that affects lenses
S01 • E02 Do all these galaxies just float around by themselves, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Do all these galaxies just float around by themselves,