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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 13 Jun 2014

    The titanic explosion that birthed all of space, time, matter, and energy we call the “Big Bang"

    6:00 AM - 13 Jun 2014
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      2. Jim Shepard‏ @madjackmcmad 13 Jun 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Can your simple-label science explain why we park in driveways and drive in parkways? #checkmateatheists

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      2. Andrés Almeida‏Verified account @andresdavid 13 Jun 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson what do they call those radio telescopes arranged in a very large array?

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      3. Mrs. Raven Needs Some Quinlan Vos‏ @CassandraCorvid 13 Jun 2014
        Replying to @andresdavid

        @andresdavid @neiltyson Heh. Went to the VLA in NM on my honeymoon. I have an understanding husband. ;)

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      4. Andrés Almeida‏Verified account @andresdavid 13 Jun 2014
        Replying to @CassandraCorvid

        @BexaRaven @neiltyson That's love!

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      1. Taylor Lyndis‏ @MirbyStudios 13 Jun 2014
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        @neiltyson I much prefer the term The Horrendous Space Kablooie http://i.imgur.com/quuUKLl.jpg 

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      1. Kendrick Ya Mar‏ @Stecks7 13 Jun 2014
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        @neiltyson Backwards, obtuse myopic bullies "GOP"

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      2. Gus‏ @SnipaGus 13 Jun 2014
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        @neiltyson but it didn't make any noise...

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      3. JohnnyBgood‏ @SuperJohnny123 13 Jun 2014
        Replying to @SnipaGus

        @mattschultz90 @neiltyson & if a tree in the woods falls and there is no one around to hear it fall does it make a sound.....just saying o_O

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      4. Gus‏ @SnipaGus 13 Jun 2014
        Replying to @SuperJohnny123

        @AutoCutter1 @neiltyson the act of observing something sets it's quantum state. You wouldn't know until you observed it.

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      5. JohnnyBgood‏ @SuperJohnny123 13 Jun 2014
        Replying to @SnipaGus

        @mattschultz90 @neiltyson Not to split atoms, I think it would be more appropriately called the Big Emesis

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      1. Steve McKnelly‏ @denali1 13 Jun 2014
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        @neiltyson On top of that, astrophysics has a bonafied rock star in its midst, @DrBrianMay. :)

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      1. Alexander Mulhern‏ @AlexJMulhern 13 Jun 2014
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        @neiltyson don't forget the Very Large Telescope!

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      1. PuppyWhirl‏ @Del_sys32 13 Jun 2014
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        @neiltyson Right. Go on.

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      1. Batman Rockin' Robin‏ @theidealtwit 13 Oct 2014
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        @neiltyson How could there have been a "big bang" if there weren't ALREADY space, time, matter and energy? And where did they come from?

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      1. Brent‏ @ClassBrent 14 Jul 2014
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        @neiltyson will the universe collapsepic.twitter.com/d18Wsm4CP7

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      1. Elise March [!!!]‏ @marchelise 1 Jul 2014
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        @neiltyson how they got the name?while having a discuss. 1of them said'you expect me to believe thisall just happend in a what, a BIG BANG?!

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      1. augustine...‏ @AVallooran 22 Jun 2014
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        @neiltyson sorry, what has planets got do with a planetary nebula??? #first.tweet.contradicting.someting.my.fave.astrophysicist.has.said

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      1. steelshark7893‏ @steelshark7893 20 Jun 2014
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        @neiltyson ....Mother Nature shows her stuff!pic.twitter.com/LRbEJfvuBq

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