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Cosmic Vertigo

Cosmic Vertigo

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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.

157 - 009 | Emptier than empty and getting even emptier
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  • 157 - 009 | Emptier than empty and getting even emptier

    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.

    Fri, 28 Apr 2017 - 26min
  • 156 - 008 | The invisible wind

    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.

    Fri, 21 Apr 2017 - 27min
  • 155 - 007 | Black holes don't suck

    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.

    Fri, 14 Apr 2017 - 30min
  • 154 - 006 | A pretty exciting place

    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.

    Fri, 07 Apr 2017 - 18min
  • 153 - 005 | Where are all the aliens?

    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.

    Wed, 05 Apr 2017 - 37min
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