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.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 60
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2021
NAME 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 what it is.
This week, the Dysons of the sky... …
00:09:11 |
Thu 30 Sep 2021
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 the Australian National University.
Corey Tutt i…
00:23:09 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
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 best to guess what it is.
This week, Sk8er Bo…
00:07:02 |
Thu 23 Sep 2021
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 spite of the many barriers you might meet along th…
00:45:42 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
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 best to guess what it is.
This week, a wheel …
00:06:11 |
Thu 16 Sep 2021
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
Producer:
Ivy Shih
Executive Producer:
Joe…
00:13:18 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
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 best to guess what it is.
This week, The Bark…
00:06:39 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
Seven Sisters
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, continues…
00:22:09 |
Mon 06 Sep 2021
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 best to guess what it is.
This week, a 12-yea…
00:07:57 |
Thu 02 Sep 2021
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 Corey are joined by friend of the show Dr Space Jun…
00:19:25 |
Mon 30 Aug 2021
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 best to guess what it is.
This week, a pirate…
00:08:23 |
Thu 26 Aug 2021
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 Professor Alice Gorman joins Karlie and Corey to chat…
00:38:22 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
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 mysterious space sound and Corey does his best to g…
00:06:47 |
Thu 19 Aug 2021
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 visitor we’ve seen in our neck of the woods. But t…
00:27:05 |
Wed 18 Aug 2021
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...
Guest
Professor Tamara Davis
School of Mathematics and Physics, Un…
00:24:38 |
Tue 17 Aug 2021
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 people do with them is great -- but they’re not witho…
00:12:19 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
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:
Karlie Noon, Corey Tutt
Producer:
Ivy Shih…
00:26:23 |
Sun 15 Aug 2021
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 Kamilaroi scientist Corey Tutt.
Presenters:
Karlie N…
00:02:54 |
Thu 12 Aug 2021
The Moon Landing 010 - The journey home
Their humanity-defining mission accomplished, it's almost time to come home.
00:04:58 |
Sun 21 Jul 2019
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.
00:03:34 |
Sun 21 Jul 2019
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