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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

You might just about startbeing able to recognise some pattern in the middle,some very...

You might just about start
being able to recognise some pattern in the middle,
some very faint lines which correspond to
the hexagonal lattice in graphene

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You might just about start being able to recognise
00:00:03.096 --> 00:00:07.199
some pattern in the middle, some very faint lines
00:00:07.002 --> 00:00:10.679
which correspond to the hexagonal lattice in graphene.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:28
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 For Alexia, they were extremely useful - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
For Alexia, they were extremely useful
S01 • E01 But if you look closely on the original image - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
But if you look closely on the original image
S01 • E02 We're going to use these two torches to represent quasars. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
We're going to use these two torches to represent quasa...
S01 • E01 And they are brighter because, those atoms are heavier, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
And they are brighter because, those atoms are heavier,
S01 • E02 Now, you have a simple demo here, this plate of glass. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Now, you have a simple demo here, this plate of glass.
S01 • E01 But just to demonstrate, I can move that scan box - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
But just to demonstrate, I can move that scan box
S01 • E02 These little blobs here - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
These little blobs here
S01 • E02 Now, without the quasars, we wouldn't be able to see them. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
Now, without the quasars, we wouldn't be able to see th...
S01 • E01 So that entire bright patch - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
So that entire bright patch
S01 • E02 But with the quasars, they essentially act like a torchlight - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
But with the quasars, they essentially act like a torchlight
S01 • E01 And yet it's a blob, it's a patch. It's not the picture of an atom - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
And yet it's a blob, it's a patch. It's not t...
S01 • E02 As the light passes through a galaxy, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
As the light passes through a galaxy,
S01 • E01 It remains reasonably abstract. What we see is this average structure - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
It remains reasonably abstract. What we see is this average ...
S01 • E02 We can see that some of the light was absorbed - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
We can see that some of the light was absorbed
S01 • E02 Using this method, Alexia has been able to create a 3D map - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
Using this method, Alexia has been able to create a 3D map
S01 • E01 We've magnified this sample that we've taken out - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
We've magnified this sample that we've taken out
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...