# \[Q&A\] Seeing the Oort Cloud, Rogue Planet Nearby, Knocking the Moon Away

An episode of [Universe Today Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/794058155), 19 Jun 2025, 18 min.

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Can a giant asteroid knock the Moon from its orbit? How good does a telescope need to be to see the Oort cloud? What are the odds of a rogue planet hiding nearby in our Solar system? And in our extended Q&A+ version, can we be sure that we're alone in the Universe? Answering all these questions and more in this Q&A show. 🎁 \[Q&A+\] Same video. No YT ads. BONUS question, totally free : https://www.patreon.com/universetoday 🚀 \[Overtime\] Even more Q&As https://www.patreon.com/universetoday • 00:00 Start • 00:30 \[angus campbell\] Could a giant meteor knock the Moon out of orbit? • 02:19 \[Liam Dobbyn\] Could dark matter be just failed stars with planets? • 04:04 \[Annie Alexander\] How powerful would a telescope have to be to be able to see the Oort cloud? • 05:17 \[Clint Davis\] Can we artificially rotate a tidally locked planet? • 06:17 \[your average terraria player\] Why does breaking light speed cause paradoxes? • 07:47 \[Correctimus\] How likely is it that a rogue planet is in the Oort cloud right now? • 09:32 \[Snelwegkoek\] The coolest object I've seen in a telescope • 12:37 \[Sid Remey\] How to through things down from the ISS? 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/r8lcoL2Fy-I 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Support Universe Today Podcast

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