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[Q&A] Seeing the Oort Cloud, Rogue Planet Nearby, Knocking the Moon Away
18 minutes Posted Jun 19, 2025 at 11:00 pm.
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[angus campbell] Could a giant meteor knock the Moon out of orbit?
[Liam Dobbyn] Could dark matter be just failed stars with planets?
[Annie Alexander] How powerful would a telescope have to be to be able to see the Oort cloud?
[Clint Davis] Can we artificially rotate a tidally locked planet?
[your average terraria player] Why does breaking light speed cause paradoxes?
[Correctimus] How likely is it that a rogue planet is in the Oort cloud right now?
[Snelwegkoek] The coolest object I've seen in a telescope
[Sid Remey] How to through things down from the ISS?
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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.
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