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What was so difficult about understanding its structure?
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

What was so difficult aboutunderstanding its structure?

What was so difficult about
understanding its structure?

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What was so difficult about understanding its structure?
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00:35:45
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
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1
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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 The structure was unknown and, naturally, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
The structure was unknown and, naturally,
S01 • E02 It goes up to 5,000 kilometres per second, much faster, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
It goes up to 5,000 kilometres per second, much faster,
S01 • E02 It's by studying strange mysteries like the orbits of these stars - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It's by studying strange mysteries like the orbits of t...
S01 • E01 These are not ideal for putting into the X-ray apparatus. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
These are not ideal for putting into the X-ray apparatus.
S01 • E01 It took a while before they managed to get a version of penicillin - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It took a while before they managed to get a version of peni...
S01 • E02 The only possible solution for this, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
The only possible solution for this,
S01 • E02 A black hole with a mass of four million suns - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
A black hole with a mass of four million suns
S01 • E01 These are spots on photographic film that have been made by X-rays - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
These are spots on photographic film that have been made by ...
S01 • E02 A black hole is formed when matter, such as a massive star, implodes, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:12
A black hole is formed when matter, such as a massive star, ...
S01 • E01 The dots are at different intensities. Some of them - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
The dots are at different intensities. Some of them
S01 • E01 And what she had to do was carry out a complicated - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:16
And what she had to do was carry out a complicated
S01 • E02 It's now thought that there may be a supermassive black hole - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
It's now thought that there may be a supermassive black...
S01 • E02 In 2019, a team of astronomers - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
In 2019, a team of astronomers
S01 • E01 And density means there's an atom there. And the final stage - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
And density means there's an atom there. And the final ...
S01 • E01 ..to... essentially draw a contour map. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
..to... essentially draw a contour map.
S01 • E01 This represents a slice through the molecule - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
This represents a slice through the molecule
S01 • E02 A key issue here is that the black hole itself cannot emit anything. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
A key issue here is that the black hole itself cannot emit a...
S01 • E02 Light only falls into it, it doesn't come out of the black hole. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Light only falls into it, it doesn't come out of the bl...
S01 • E01 And what she's done is join up areas of equivalent density, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
And what she's done is join up areas of equivalent dens...
S01 • E02 And what we can see is emission - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
And what we can see is emission