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
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.
00:04:23 |
Sun 21 Jul 2019
The Moon Landing 007 - Preparing for the Moonwalk
After their dramatic landing, the astronauts' scheduled rest was never going to happen.
00:03:18 |
Sat 20 Jul 2019
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...
00:04:06 |
Sat 20 Jul 2019
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...
00:03:34 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
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...
00:03:18 |
Thu 18 Jul 2019
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
00:03:21 |
Wed 17 Jul 2019
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 Earth.
00:03:50 |
Wed 17 Jul 2019
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.
00:05:13 |
Tue 16 Jul 2019
Cosmic Query | Total eclipse of the Sun
We join two observers for a total eclipse of the sun.
00:07:46 |
Tue 17 Jul 2018
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 witnesses a sunrise and sunset every 90 minutes.
00:36:53 |
Tue 10 Jul 2018
Cosmic Query | First contact
The search for alien life continues but at what point do we declare that we are alone in the Universe?
00:08:43 |
Tue 03 Jul 2018
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 scientists know they're there, we are still unsure of …
00:30:51 |
Tue 26 Jun 2018
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.
00:30:31 |
Tue 26 Jun 2018
Cosmic Query | clusters and milkshakes
A serving of Globular Clusters and Amanda's favourite milkshake (it's not chocolate).
00:06:29 |
Tue 19 Jun 2018
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 achieving absolute zero. It doesn't get any cool…
00:29:49 |
Tue 12 Jun 2018
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 the Large Hadron Collider.
00:36:29 |
Tue 12 Jun 2018
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 another of your Cosmic Queries.
00:04:23 |
Tue 05 Jun 2018
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 he explores the Siding Spring Observatory, where Aman…
00:32:34 |
Fri 01 Jun 2018
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 Amanda hop aboard a space elevator and rise through th…
00:27:18 |
Tue 29 May 2018
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 than that.
Amanda and Alan deliver a lesson in d…
00:29:27 |
Tue 29 May 2018
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