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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 18 Oct 2013

    .@perrytweet:@UberFacts says cold Stars exist that you can touch with your hand. True? // Only if you call a dead-Star a Star

    7:41 PM - 18 Oct 2013
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      2. Phil Plait‏Verified account @BadAstronomer 18 Oct 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @perrytweet @UberFacts Well, a brown dwarf was found that is at room temperature!http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2011/08/24/wise_finds_coolest_brown_dwarfs_ever_seen.html …

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      1. Blake Jarrell‏ @BlakeJarrell 18 Oct 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Yes @neiltyson proving @UberFacts to be uber wrong. Love it.

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      1. Iyan Sommerset‏ @IyanSommerset 19 Oct 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @perrytweet @UberFacts I'm pretty sure you can touch Brad Pitt with your hand. Not sure about Tom Cruise.

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      1. Juan Pedro Fisanotti‏ @fisadev 18 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson @perrytweet @UberFacts still pretty dangerous though, mainly because the defense cannons, fighters and darth vader

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      1. LCStark‏ @lcstark1 18 Oct 2013
        Replying to @JSPe700

        You'd probably get a more informative answer if you asked him to explain his shirt/vest rather than Ison ;-) @JSPe700

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      2. Bradley  🗞‏ @daviestbradley 26 Oct 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson But not all dead stars are cold, correct? Like White Dwarfs?

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      3. evan‏ @SliceofhEvan 26 Oct 2013
        Replying to @daviestbradley

        @CallMeDrDavies @neiltyson he's talking stars that have been dead long enough to radiate almost all of their energy

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      4. Bradley  🗞‏ @daviestbradley 26 Oct 2013
        Replying to @SliceofhEvan

        @SliceofhEvan @neiltyson Thought so, just clarifying

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      1. Jason Adair‏ @JasonAdair 22 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson @perrytweet @UberFacts wouldn't you be stuck on the star if you touched it from all that gravity?

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      1. Jesse Armstrong‏ @jessearmstrong 21 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson @perrytweet @UberFacts Does that mean we can all everything we touch a cold star?

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      1. Carlos F. Ortiz‏ @cfortiz 21 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson @perrytweet @UberFacts if you think about it, wee and everything around us are the cold stars we can touch. We are stardust...

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      1. Michael Gooch‏ @kotoroshinoto 20 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson @perrytweet @UberFacts if you call dead stars stars, then technically we're sitting on and made of stars, we can touch the ground

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      2. Adrián Carretón‏ @Adricarreton 20 Oct 2013
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        @neiltyson @perrytweet @UberFacts Dunno if true or false but great to think about. Isn't it!?

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      3. Leanne Perry‏ @perrytweet 20 Oct 2013
        Replying to @Adricarreton

        @Adricarreton indeed. Wouldn't it be lovely and amazing?

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      4. Adrián Carretón‏ @Adricarreton 20 Oct 2013
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        @perrytweet It would!

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      5. Leanne Perry‏ @perrytweet 21 Oct 2013
        Replying to @Adricarreton

        @Adricarreton lovely video on your feed re: NdT talking with PETA about animals. Too bad I can't read Spanish or I could follow you. :)

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