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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 21 Mar 2016

    JustPOSTED: @StarTalkRadio “Protecting Earth from Asteroids” w/ Rusty Schweickart. @iTunesPodcasts &http://bit.ly/1Ub9qXM 

    2:55 PM - 21 Mar 2016
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    52 replies 331 retweets 1,085 likes
      1. Not Maureen Dowd‏ @MaureenDowdTwit 21 Mar 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @StarTalkRadio We can stop asteroids by building a wall around Earth, right? We can get Jupiter to pay for it.

        0 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
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      2. Jim Pistorius‏ @JimPistorius 21 Mar 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @StarTalkRadio @iTunesPodcasts When is the TV show coming back on @NatGeo ??

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      3. StarTalk‏Verified account @StarTalkRadio 21 Mar 2016
        Replying to @JimPistorius

        @JimPistorius @neiltyson @iTunesPodcasts @NatGeo This fall, but we haven't been told an exact date yet, Jim.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Jim Pistorius‏ @JimPistorius 21 Mar 2016
        Replying to @StarTalkRadio

        @StarTalkRadio @neiltyson @iTunesPodcasts @NatGeo great news thanks!!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Amanda Hillard Beam‏ @AmandaDBeam 21 Mar 2016
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        @neiltyson @StarTalkRadio My favorite podcast for running! If only I could jog to it in uniform motion...

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      1. Don Stanley‏ @DonatellStanley 21 Mar 2016
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        @neiltyson @StarTalkRadio @iTunesPodcasts My theory is get a really long baseball bat

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      1. GridcoinNetwork‏ @GridcoinNetwork 2 Apr 2016
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        @neiltyson @StarTalkRadio @iTunesPodcasts The Asteroids@home #Boinc project was started to identify physical properties of various asteroids

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      1. ¢няiѕ мєŦค‏ @Chris_whY 25 Mar 2016
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        @neiltyson @StarTalkRadio @iTunesPodcasts I at first misread that as "protecting Earth from assholes" - a different important subject.

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      1. Wakanda's Minister of the Environment‏ @DrFush 21 Mar 2016
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        .@neiltyson @StarTalkRadio @iTunesPodcasts :swoon: a favorite podcast of mine

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      1. Fawad Raza‏ @fwd79 21 Mar 2016
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        @neiltyson @StarTalkRadio @iTunesPodcasts cool 👏👏👍👍

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      2. David Walker‏ @iamdavidwalker 21 Mar 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson @StarTalkRadio @iTunesPodcasts Nah, bruh. You gotta explain that Trump tweet before we can continue this following thing.

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      3. Legend9k‏ @legend9000 21 Mar 2016
        Replying to @iamdavidwalker

        @IamDavidWalker did that 2 weeks ago. https://m.facebook.com/notes/neil-degrasse-tyson/ambiguous-trump-tweet/10154017268316613 …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. David Walker‏ @iamdavidwalker 21 Mar 2016
        Replying to @legend9000

        .@legend9000 Thx. "Anti-Trump is actually anti-Trump supporters"? No, anti-Trump is anti-Trump. The explanation was stranger than the tweet.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Legend9k‏ @legend9000 21 Mar 2016
        Replying to @iamdavidwalker

        @IamDavidWalker lol I felt the same when reading it...

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      2. Diane C. Goding‏ @dcgoding 21 Mar 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @startalkradio @itunespodcasts Has anyone thought to ask Native Americans how they kept the place clean for 10K years?

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      3. SvenTviking‏ @SvenTviking 21 Mar 2016
        Replying to @dcgoding

        @dcgoding @neiltyson @StarTalkRadio @iTunesPodcasts They didn't, they chopped/burnt down all the vast forests on the great plains.

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      4. Diane C. Goding‏ @dcgoding 23 Mar 2016
        Replying to @SvenTviking

        @sventviking And I know you know why. Bc the pinecones need to be scorched to open and grow into new pine trees. Not all methods are mad.

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      5. SvenTviking‏ @SvenTviking 23 Mar 2016
        Replying to @dcgoding

        @dcgoding So how come the trees are gone? The European settlers didn't do it, the plains were already plains.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Diane C. Goding‏ @dcgoding 23 Mar 2016
        Replying to @SvenTviking

        @sventviking Wait a minute! R u like 10 yrs old? Im not dialoguing with a kid who hasn't taken geology yet. Think Ice Age!

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. SvenTviking‏ @SvenTviking 23 Mar 2016
        Replying to @dcgoding

        @dcgoding So, after 10,000 yrs, the trees grew back over the rest of the World, but not in North America? Why is Canada so heavily forested?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Diane C. Goding‏ @dcgoding 23 Mar 2016
        Replying to @SvenTviking

        @sventviking Holy God! Sven, go help your Mommy make dinner. When you get to class, tell your teacher he/she is fired for leaving you behind

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      9. SvenTviking‏ @SvenTviking 23 Mar 2016
        Replying to @dcgoding

        @dcgoding I'm 52 years old, winning the argument and you are one rude individual when you are losing.

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