Cosmic Vertigo

A mystery of astronomical proportions! A lonely night… A strange signal… But who -- or what! -- was the culprit? Presenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly HuntLaw, Casey, 2016, "The Sound of Fast Radio Burst FRB 121102",https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QSWJE6, Harvard Dataverse, V1 

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 Barking Man.Presenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly HuntGolden Record: Tame Dog By NASA is licensed under (CC BY-NC 3.0)Golden Record: Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes by NASA/ JPL-Caltech

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 to provide insights to modern day astronomy.Presenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly Hunt

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-year-old playing Frozen on the recorder underwater.Presenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly HuntSonification: pillars of creation  NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand, M. Russo & A. Santaguida

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 Junk (aka Associate Professor Alice Gorman) to get the low down on ASA.Guest:Associate Professor Alice GormanCollege of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders UniversityPresenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly Hunt

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 ship surrounded by balloons.Presenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly HuntSounds of Perseverance Mars Rover Driving – Sol 16 (90-second highlights) By NASA/JPL-Caltech is licensed under (CC BY-NC 3.0)

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 all things space junk -- from old school satellites that resemble Dr Who props, to red convertibles, and back again.Guest:Associate Professor Alice GormanCollege of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders UniversityPresenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly Hunt

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 guess what it is. This week, teenage Corey gets his heart broken.Presenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly HuntSinister Sounds of the Solar System ByNASA is licensed under (CC BY-NC 3.0)

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 this cool observation exposed a not-so-cool side to the astronomy community.Guest:Associate Professor Alice GormanCollege of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders UniversityPresenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly Hunt

Friend of the show, cosmologist Professor Tamara Davis lights up the studio with a chat about all the dark stuff in the universe...GuestProfessor Tamara DavisSchool of Mathematics and Physics, University of QueenslandPresenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly Hunt

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 without their problems...Presenters: Karlie Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly HuntVideo footage of Arecibo Observatory collapse from National Science Foundation.

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 TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly Hunt

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 Noon, Corey TuttProducer: Ivy ShihExecutive Producer: Joel WernerSound engineer: Simon BranthwaitePodcast tile art by Molly Hunt

Their humanity-defining mission accomplished, it's almost time to come home.

They've done their experiments, jumped for the camera and planted the flag. The walk is nearly over.