Podcasts by Cosmic Vertigo
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NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: The Dysons of the sky from 2021-10-01T01:00
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 what it is. This week, the Dysons of the sky.....
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NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: Sk8er Boi from 2021-09-24T09:56:53
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 best to guess what it is. This week, Sk8er ...
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Smash The Box! from 2021-09-21T01:00
What inspires someone to become a scientist? How to fall -- and stay -- in love with STEMM (that’s Science Technology Engineering Maths Medicine) in spite of the many barriers you might meet along ...
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NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: A wheel that is running on metal from 2021-09-17T01:00
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 best to guess what it is. This week, a whee...
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A microwavable mystery from 2021-09-14T01:00
A mystery of astronomical proportions! A lonely night… A strange signal… But who -- or what! -- was the culprit? Presenters: Karlie Noon, Corey Tutt Producer: Ivy Shih Executive Producer: J...
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NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: The Barking Man from 2021-09-10T01:00
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 best to guess what it is. This week, The Ba...
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Seven Sisters from 2021-09-07T01:00
For the people of many cultures, including Indigenous Australians, the Pleiades constellation tells the story of the Seven Sisters. This ancient story, thought to be up to 100 00 years old, continu...
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NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: A 12-year-old playing Frozen on the recorder underwater from 2021-09-03T01:00
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 best to guess what it is. This week, a 12-y...
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We do cool things here from 2021-08-31T01:00
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 Corey are joined by friend of the show Dr Space J...
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NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: A pirate ship surrounded by balloons from 2021-08-27T01:00
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 best to guess what it is. This week, a pira...
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Space Junk in the Space Trunk from 2021-08-24T01:00
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 Professor Alice Gorman joins Karlie and Corey to ch...
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NAME THAT SPACE SOUND: Broken hearts from 2021-08-20T03:00
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 mysterious space sound and Corey does his best to...
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Cosmic Dust Bunny from 2021-08-19T04:00
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 visitor we’ve seen in our neck of the woods. But...
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Vacuum Energy&Frozen Stars from 2021-08-18T03:00
Friend of the show, cosmologist Professor Tamara Davis lights up the studio with a chat about all the dark stuff in the universe... Guest Professor Tamara Davis School of Mathematics and Physics, ...
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Not everybody wants a telescope on top of their mountain… from 2021-08-17T02:00
To do incredible things -- like take a picture of a black hole -- astronomers rely on telescopes. Telescopes are undeniably cool, and the science people do with them is great -- but they’re not wit...
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Black hole, or Curly Wurly? from 2021-08-16T01:00
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: Karlie Noon, Corey Tutt Producer: Ivy Sh...
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New season! New hosts! from 2021-08-13T00:13
Everyone’s favourite astronomy podcast is back! And this season, there’s new hosts in the hotseats -- Gomeroi astronomer Karlie Noon, and Deadly Kamilaroi scientist Corey Tutt. Presenters: Karlie...
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The Moon Landing 010 - The journey home from 2019-07-22T07:35
Their humanity-defining mission accomplished, it's almost time to come home.
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The Moon Landing 009 - Last moments on the Moon from 2019-07-21T15:11
They've done their experiments, jumped for the camera and planted the flag. The walk is nearly over.
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The Moon Landing 008 - Footsteps on the Moon from 2019-07-21T12:56
Six hours of patience and preparation, and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong are ready to open the hatch.
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The Moon Landing 007 - Preparing for the Moonwalk from 2019-07-21T09:43
After their dramatic landing, the astronauts' scheduled rest was never going to happen.
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The Moon Landing 006 - The Eagle is landing from 2019-07-21T06:17
This is it. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong begin their descent to the lunar surface. But all does not go to plan...
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The Moon Landing 005 - Dark side of the moon from 2019-07-20T07:40
As the Apollo 11 crew finalise their lunar orbit, they drift around to the far side of the moon - and out of radio contact...
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The Moon Landing 004 - Enter the Lunar Module from 2019-07-19T07:02
So far on their journey to the moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts haven't been inside the Lunar Module - that's about to change...
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The Moon Landing 003 - Chicken stew in space from 2019-07-18T06:30
As they continued their trip to the moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts had to figure out how to live in space
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The Moon Landing 002 - The view via space TV from 2019-07-17T10:05
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 Earth.
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Cosmic Vertigo presents.. The Moon Landing 001 - Lift-off! from 2019-07-16T23:32
50 years after the Apollo 11 mission successfully landed humans on the moon, hear about the journey's crucial moments - and the near misses.
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Cosmic Vertigo presents.. Little Tiny from 2019-02-11T11:11:11
ABC podcast Little Tiny explores world history via the small things that have shaped it - all in the space of a coffee break!
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Cosmic Query | Total eclipse of the Sun from 2018-07-17T23:55
We join two observers for a total eclipse of the sun.
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019 | Faster than slow from 2018-07-11T00:05
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 witnesses a sunrise and sunset every 90 minutes.
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Cosmic Query | First contact from 2018-07-03T23:55
The search for alien life continues but at what point do we declare that we are alone in the Universe?
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018 | Quicker than quick from 2018-06-27T00:05
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 scientists know they're there, we are still unsure o...
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017 | Longer than long from 2018-06-26T23:55
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.
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Cosmic Query | clusters and milkshakes from 2018-06-20T00:05
A serving of Globular Clusters and Amanda's favourite milkshake (it's not chocolate).
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016 | Cooler than Cool from 2018-06-13T09:30
Temperature levels across the Universe vary wildly. The Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known object, but back on Earth scientists are working towards achieving absolute zero. It doesn't get any co...
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015 | Hotter than hot from 2018-06-12T23:55
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 the Large Hadron Collider.
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Cosmic Query | Lighting up the night from 2018-06-05T23:55
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 another of your Cosmic Queries.
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Cosmic Vertigo | Stargazing Special from 2018-06-01T14:00
Stargazing Live on ABC TV gathered astronomers and astrophysicists for three nights of discoveries and record-breaking observation. Join Alan as he explores the Siding Spring Observatory, where Am...
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014 | Emptier than empty from 2018-05-30T00:45
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 Amanda hop aboard a space elevator and rise through ...
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013 | Denser than dense from 2018-05-29T23:55
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 than that. Amanda and Alan deliver a lesson in...
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Cosmic Query | Robots on the moon? from 2018-05-24T00:05
In Season one, Amanda and Alan took an inventory of what we've left on the Moon: golf balls, a couple of flags, 96 bags of human waste ... But Ashton, a listener, wonders whether any robots (or hum...
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012 | Smaller than small from 2018-05-16T00:05
Zooming right in from the decommissioned dwarf planet Pluto to the humble yet powerful atom helium, Amanda and Alan measure up the smallest things in the Universe — with the aid of a strand of your...
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011 | Bigger than big from 2018-05-15T23:30
The biggest things in the Universe don't necessarily last the longest. Massive swollen stars, hundreds of times bigger than our own sun, burn through their fuel and either explode into a supernova...
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Cosmic Query | Red planet... Wet planet? from 2018-05-10T14:00
Cosmic Vertigo is back — and when they're not discussing the extremes of the Universe, Alan and Amanda are answering the big questions. Your questions. This week, it's the little issue of water on...
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GUESS WHO'S BACK?! from 2018-02-08T02:22:22
Cosmic Vertigo season 2 is COMING SOON! And we need your help. Want to share your own personal experience of Cosmic Vertigo? Or do you have a spacey question you're burning to ask Alan and Amanda? ...
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Cosmic Vertigo presents.. Sum of All Parts from 2017-10-12T12:12:12
Cosmic Vertigo producer Joel Werner has a new podcast! Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories from the world of numbers. The episode featured here is.. 'Phoenix + Electron'.. Melbourne,...
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Total Solar Eclipse [BONUS SHORT] from 2017-08-18T12:00
Amanda and Alan are back (for a hot minute) to celebrate the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017!
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Cosmic Vertigo presents.. Off Track from 2017-05-25T09:00
Missing Cosmic Vertigo? Well, check out this story about a telescope so powerful it listens to time..
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Outer Space Takes [BONUS EPISODE] from 2017-05-19T01:00
Surprise! Bonus episode! Take a trip behind the scenes in the making of Cosmic Vertigo - LIVE! from the 2017 World Science Festival in Brisbane, Australia.
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010 | Baby pictures and bird poo from 2017-05-05T01:00
It’s amazing what you find when you try to see the dawn of time. This season of Cosmic Vertigo ends at the very beginning: the Big Bang.
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009 | Emptier than empty and getting even emptier from 2017-04-28T01:00
In the unimaginably vast gaps between galaxies, something is accelerating the universe towards a lonely future. Alan and Amanda shake their heads at Dark Energy.
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008 | The invisible wind from 2017-04-21T01:00
Dark Matter flies through solid walls like a ghost. Humans have buried super-sensitive crystals to try and detect it - and our Universe doesn’t make any sense without it.
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007 | Black holes don't suck from 2017-04-14T01:00
Science fiction movies make it pretty clear that black holes are terrifying, all-consuming monsters. For astronomers there’s no cooler place to try and see.
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006 | A pretty exciting place from 2017-04-07T01:00
It's a patchy, pale river in the sky - and a twirling spiral of 400 billion stars. It’s also headed for a dazzling intergalactic train wreck. Welcome to our Milky Way.
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005 | Where are all the aliens? from 2017-04-05T01:00
Alan and Amanda debate the number of civilisations that might be out there, get the maths wrong, and argue about whether our biggest barriers to coexistence would be linguistic or… dietary.
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004 | Wobble and wink from 2017-03-31T01:00
The science of exoplanets is stupendously fast-moving. The more we look for alien worlds, the more of them we find. Thousands and thousands of them, all with terrible names.
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003 | The bigger they are, the faster they burn from 2017-03-24T01:00
What makes a star a star? When will Betelgeuse explode? Amanda explores what "any day now" means in astronomy and Alan starts measuring mass in millions of marsupials.
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002 | Measly little specks of dust from 2017-03-17T01:00
Our Solar System started out as a chaotic Primordial Pancake. Now it hosts the eight planets we know and love, plus poor old Pluto, plus some other stuff. Like asteroids with their own moons.
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001 | A giant lump of rock and iron from 2017-03-16T07:00
It’s drifting away from Earth at the same rate that your fingernails grow, but the Moon is still our closest neighbour - so close, that we’ve left quite a lot of litter on its surface…
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000 | Welcome to the party! (That's us) from 2017-03-08T10:00
Meet your hosts, astronomers Dr Amanda Bauer and Dr Alan Duffy.
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