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Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on killing Pluto: 'All I did was drive the getaway car'

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on killing Pluto: 'All I did was drive the getaway car'

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Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson explains at the live taping of On The Verge how he's been unfairly blamed for killing Pluto.

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Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson didn't just talk about the eerie reality of living as a meme at the live taping of On The Verge; he also argued that he's been unfairly blamed with the death of Pluto. "All I did was drive the getaway car," he claims, and that the killer was actually astronomer Mike Brown, author of How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming. Defending the decision though, Dr. Tyson explained, "If Neptune were analogized with a Chevy Impala in mass, then how big is pluto compared to that? Pluto would be a matchbox car sitting on the curb." The full episode will be up on Wednesday, but stay tuned for more clips from the show!