Cosmic Vertigo
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Cosmic Vertigo
Do you ever feel dizzy when you think about the incomprehensible scale of space? We call that feeling Cosmic Vertigo. Welcome to a head-spinning conversation between two friends about the sparkly -- and not so sparkly -- stuff in the sky.
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60 þættirNAME THAT SPACE SOUND: The Dysons of the sky
This is the final episode of Name That Space Sound, our mini-episode in which Karlie plays a mysterious space sound and Corey does his best to guess w...
The Box
Karlie Noon is the first Indigenous student to obtain a Masters of Astronomy and Advanced Astrophysics, and is currently doing a PhD in Astronomy at t...
NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: Sk8er Boi
It’s time for Name That Space Sound! Each Friday we’re going to drop a mini-episode in which Karlie plays a mysterious space sound and Corey does his...
Smash The Box!
What inspires someone to become a scientist? How to fall -- and stay -- in love with STEMM (that’s Science Technology Engineering Maths Medicine) in s...
NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: A wheel that is running on metal
It’s time for Name That Space Sound! Each Friday we’re going to drop a mini-episode in which Karlie plays a mysterious space sound and Corey does his...
A microwavable mystery
A mystery of astronomical proportions! A lonely night… A strange signal… But who -- or what! -- was the culprit? Presenters: Karlie Noon, Corey Tutt
NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: The Barking Man
It’s time for Name That Space Sound! Each Friday we’re going to drop a mini-episode in which Karlie plays a mysterious space sound and Corey does his...
Seven Sisters
For the people of many cultures, including Indigenous Australians, the Pleiades constellation tells the story of the Seven Sisters. This ancient story...
NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: A 12-year-old playing Frozen on the recorder underwater
It’s time for Name That Space Sound! Each Friday we’re going to drop a mini-episode in which Karlie plays a mysterious space sound and Corey does his...
We do cool things here
Australia has a space agency! The Australian Space Agency (ASA) was founded in 2018 -- but what does it do? And how did it come to be? Karlie and Core...
NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: A pirate ship surrounded by balloons
It’s time for Name That Space Sound! Each Friday we’re going to drop a mini-episode in which Karlie plays a mysterious space sound and Corey does his...
Space Junk in the Space Trunk
There are about 130 million pieces of space junk in orbit around Earth -- and Dr Space Junk knows most of them on a first name basis! Associate Profes...
NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: Broken hearts
It’s time for a brand new Cosmic Vertigo segment... Name That Space Sound! Each Friday we’re going to drop a mini-episode in which Karlie plays a myst...
Cosmic Dust Bunny
Back in 2017 a mysterious, cigar-shaped rock roared into and out of our solar system in a flash! Christened ‘Oumuamua’ it was the first interstellar v...
Vacuum Energy & Frozen Stars
Friend of the show, cosmologist Professor Tamara Davis lights up the studio with a chat about all the dark stuff in the universe...GuestProfessor Tama...
Not everybody wants a telescope on top of their mountain…
To do incredible things -- like take a picture of a black hole -- astronomers rely on telescopes. Telescopes are undeniably cool, and the science peop...
Black hole, or Curly Wurly?
Back in 2019 a network of radio telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) took a picture of a black hole for the very first time.Presenters:...
New season! New hosts!
Everyone’s favourite astronomy podcast is back! And this season, there’s new hosts in the hotseats -- Gomeroi astronomer Karlie Noon, and Deadly Kamil...
The Moon Landing 010 - The journey home
Their humanity-defining mission accomplished, it's almost time to come home.
The Moon Landing 009 - Last moments on the Moon
They've done their experiments, jumped for the camera and planted the flag. The walk is nearly over.
The Moon Landing 008 - Footsteps on the Moon
Six hours of patience and preparation, and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong are ready to open the hatch.
The Moon Landing 007 - Preparing for the Moonwalk
After their dramatic landing, the astronauts' scheduled rest was never going to happen.
The Moon Landing 006 - The Eagle is landing
This is it. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong begin their descent to the lunar surface. But all does not go to plan...
The Moon Landing 005 - Dark side of the moon
As the Apollo 11 crew finalise their lunar orbit, they drift around to the far side of the moon - and out of radio contact...
The Moon Landing 004 - Enter the Lunar Module
So far on their journey to the moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts haven't been inside the Lunar Module - that's about to change...
The Moon Landing 003 - Chicken stew in space
As they continued their trip to the moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts had to figure out how to live in space
The Moon Landing 002 - The view via space TV
Exactly 50 years ago, the three Apollo 11 astronauts were on their way to the moon - and they shared their view with those watching closely back on Ea...
Cosmic Vertigo presents.. The Moon Landing 001 - Lift-off!
50 years after the Apollo 11 mission successfully landed humans on the moon, hear about the journey's crucial moments - and the near misses.
019 | Faster than slow
The International Space Station is travelling in low Earth orbit at a leisurely 7.66km per second (approx). Moving at that speed, the crew of the ISS...
Cosmic Query | First contact
The search for alien life continues but at what point do we declare that we are alone in the Universe?
018 | Quicker than quick
You'd think we'd notice thousands of explosions in the night sky. Shorter than a millisecond, these bursts were first recorded in 2007 and while scien...
017 | Longer than long
If you wait long enough, would another Universe spontaneously arise in front of you? Chances are it won’t happen in your lifetime… But it could.
Cosmic Query | clusters and milkshakes
A serving of Globular Clusters and Amanda's favourite milkshake (it's not chocolate).
016 | Cooler than Cool
Temperature levels across the Universe vary wildly. The Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known object, but back on Earth scientists are working towards...
015 | Hotter than hot
The hottest thing in the Universe isn't the core of a planet, or the centre of an exploding star. It's created here on Earth by scientists working at...
Cosmic Query | Lighting up the night
Could there be a time when we look up at the night sky and see more objects, planets and stars, than dark space? Join Alan and Amanda as they tackle a...
Cosmic Vertigo | Stargazing Special
Stargazing Live on ABC TV gathered astronomers and astrophysicists for three nights of discoveries and record-breaking observation.
Join Alan as...
014 | Emptier than empty
We’re told space is a vast empty vacuum. But how empty can it be, if we know it’s full of stars and black holes, nebulas and galaxies?
Alan and...
013 | Denser than dense
Imagine the mass of the sun crushed into something the size of the earth – what you're picturing is a white dwarf. But things can get much more dense...