Ranked #1
Cosmic Vertigo | Stargazing Special
Cosmic Vertigo | Stargazing Special
Stargazing Live on ABC TV gathered astronomers and astrophysicists for three nights of discoveries and record-breaking o... Read more
1 Jun 2018
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32mins
Ranked #2
003 | The bigger they are, the faster they burn
003 | The bigger they are, the faster they burn
What makes a star a star? When will Betelgeuse explode? Amanda explores what "any day now" means in astronomy and Alan s... Read more
23 Mar 2017
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27mins
Ranked #3
002 | Measly little specks of dust
002 | Measly little specks of dust
Our Solar System started out as a chaotic Primordial Pancake. Now it hosts the eight planets we know and love, plus poor... Read more
16 Mar 2017
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29mins
Ranked #4
008 | The invisible wind
008 | The invisible wind
Dark Matter flies through solid walls like a ghost. Humans have buried super-sensitive crystals to try and detect it - a... Read more
20 Apr 2017
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27mins
Ranked #5
007 | Black holes don't suck
007 | Black holes don't suck
Science fiction movies make it pretty clear that black holes are terrifying, all-consuming monsters. For astronomers the... Read more
13 Apr 2017
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30mins
Ranked #6
019 | Faster than slow
019 | Faster than slow
The International Space Station is travelling in low Earth orbit at a leisurely 7.66km per second (approx). Moving at th... Read more
10 Jul 2018
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36mins
Ranked #7
Cosmic Query | Total eclipse of the Sun
Cosmic Query | Total eclipse of the Sun
We join two observers for a total eclipse of the sun.
17 Jul 2018
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7mins
Ranked #8
Cosmic Query | First contact
Cosmic Query | First contact
The search for alien life continues but at what point do we declare that we are alone in the Universe?
3 Jul 2018
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8mins
Ranked #9
018 | Quicker than quick
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 re... Read more
26 Jun 2018
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30mins
Ranked #10
010 | Baby pictures and bird poo
010 | Baby pictures and bird poo
It’s amazing what you find when you try to see the dawn of time. This season of Cosmic Vertigo ends at the very beginnin... Read more
4 May 2017
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20mins
Ranked #11
011 | Bigger than big
011 | Bigger than big
The biggest things in the Universe don't necessarily last the longest.Massive swollen stars, hundreds of times bigger th... Read more
15 May 2018
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29mins
Ranked #12
015 | Hotter than hot
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 E... Read more
12 Jun 2018
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36mins
Ranked #13
012 | Smaller than small
012 | Smaller than small
Zooming right in from the decommissioned dwarf planet Pluto to the humble yet powerful atom helium, Amanda and Alan meas... Read more
15 May 2018
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26mins
Ranked #14
013 | Denser than dense
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 t... Read more
29 May 2018
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29mins
Ranked #15
017 | Longer than long
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... Read more
26 Jun 2018
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30mins
Ranked #16
Cosmic Vertigo presents.. Sum of All Parts
Cosmic Vertigo presents.. Sum of All Parts
Cosmic Vertigo producer Joel Werner has a new podcast! Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories from the world of nu... Read more
12 Oct 2017
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32mins
Ranked #17
Cosmic Vertigo presents.. Off Track
Cosmic Vertigo presents.. Off Track
Missing Cosmic Vertigo? Well, check out this story about a telescope so powerful it listens to time..
24 May 2017
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29mins
Ranked #18
Outer Space Takes [BONUS EPISODE]
Outer Space Takes [BONUS EPISODE]
Surprise! Bonus episode! Take a trip behind the scenes in the making of Cosmic Vertigo - LIVE! from the 2017 World Scien... Read more
18 May 2017
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45mins
Ranked #19
016 | Cooler than Cool
016 | Cooler than Cool
Temperature levels across the Universe vary wildly. The Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known object, but back on Earth ... Read more
12 Jun 2018
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29mins