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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 30 Jun 2015

    At the (slow) rate the Moon is tidally locking Earth, the Sun will die before it succeeds — a more important concern for all.

    5:56 PM - 30 Jun 2015
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      2. VaNsTeRdAm‏ @VancityBC604 30 Jun 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson how many billion years away is that?

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      3. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 30 Jun 2015
        Replying to @VancityBC604

        @VancityBC604 Billions & billions.

        6 replies 7 retweets 48 likes
      4. VaNsTeRdAm‏ @VancityBC604 30 Jun 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson what I thought. Sooner or later it'll burn out.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. The Next Bar Stool‏ @thenextbarstool 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson well that's a buzzkill

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      1. Artie‏ @SlimMissile 30 Jun 2015
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        .@neiltyson \m/ https://youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg 

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      1. Just Lumpy‏ @LumpoThinkyMan 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson Superman will be back from getting cigarettes by then though, he told me so!

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      2. Poy 👨🏻‍💻‏ @osxusr 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson Our days are really numbered here. One could say we are already extinct in the vast space. Our future is our end, unfortunately

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      3. j‏ @jseths 30 Jun 2015
        Replying to @osxusr

        @osxusr @neiltyson if we survive the next few centuries, we'll be colonising space, so who knows. That's a big if tho

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Paul Tobin‏Verified account @PaulTobin 30 Jun 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Yeah. But the moon looks sneaky.

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      1. Tony A‏ @tarpeggio 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson Thank goodness. I have work on Monday.

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      1.  💀gravegrapes 💀‏ @davegrapes 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson When, Neil?! WHEN???

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      1. Bill-Lee‏ @Billy_Forrester 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson I feel like you should've started off with that!

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      2. Marcus Mendes‏ @mvcmendes 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson Won’t the Earth’s core cool down before the Sun engulfs us?

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      1. Casey Ryan Frame‏ @DocOFP 1 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson keep hitting me with that sexy knowledge, you are the only reason I haven't deleted my Twitter.

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      1. Jason Pedersen‏ @jasonpedersen 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson someone better tell the Moon to quit wasting its time.

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      1. Gautam Godse‏ @gautamgodse 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson so what did you think of @nealstephenson new book, Seveneves ?

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      1. Streptococcal pneumonia‏ @count_01 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson If it's any consolation, our rapidly-reproducing species is highly unlikely to live long enough for either to be much of a worry.

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      1. Marc‏ @MAJikMARCer 30 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson And baring some brain to computer download, we (currently living) won't be around to see either.

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