Sphere tangent to edges of cube

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Does there always exist a sphere that is tangent to all of a cube's edges?

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I imagine a sphere whose center is the same as that of the cube. There is clearly such a sphere tangent to the top $4$ edges of the cube. By symmetry, it is tangent to all the others, also.

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