Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist & Author
Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. He is the first occupant of the Frederick P. Rose Directorship of the Hayden Planetarium. His professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson obtains his data from the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as from telescopes in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and in the Andes Mountains of Chile. Tyson is the recipient of nine honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid "13123 Tyson". Tyson's book is Letters From an Astrophysicist (2019).
It has perhaps never been easier to feel as if you’ve fallen behind in life. From the anxieties of comparing yourself to others online to our fetishization of success, it […]
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You can’t predict success. But according to minds like Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku & more, you can hot wire it.
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Tyson dives into the search for alien life, dark matter, and the physics of football.
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Belief systems aren’t necessarily dangerous until they’re spread by someone with influence.
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The race to be first in science journalism is hurting science.
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If you understand when and how to ask questions, you possess an effective inoculation against charlatans.
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Scientists are expert observers. Because of this, they can help us develop a keener view of the world — the cosmos.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson wants to believe. He just needs to see the evidence first.
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Can understanding science make pop culture better, and can understanding pop culture make science more interesting? Absolutely.
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There’s something all of us—physicists included—are getting wrong about dark matter, says Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Everyone loves Europa, says Neil deGrasse Tyson. Why? It’s a strong bet for finding life in our solar system, and it’s even more amazing because it breaks all the rules.
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From Abraham Lincoln’s founding of the National Academy of Sciences in 1863, to the US currently leading the world in the Nobel Prize count (a third of which we owe to immigrants), America was built on science. What happens when we doubt and defund it?
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According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, three fears account for “the most expensive, ambitious projects humans have ever undertaken.”
Neil DeGrasse Tyson lists the three drivers to accomplish extraordinary things.
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I assert that if you were depressed after learning and being exposed to the cosmic perspective, you started your day with an unjustifiably large ego.
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We spend the first year teaching children to walk and talk and the rest of their lives telling them to shut up and sit down.
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How might we apply the notion of a “Sputnik moment” to our own lives, as we look for those occasions that compel us to invent for tomorrow?
In Space Chronicles, Neil deGrasse Tyson describes how the Soviet Union was a catalyst for the U.S. space program, and China might be considered a similar catalyst today.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: I’m almost embarrassed for my species that you can be so blind to everything experts have been telling you and you got to wait for people to […]
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Meeting big, audacious, ambitious goals requires taking multiple steps in reasoning, not just thinking from point A to point B.
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In some ways we’re doing better than science fiction films like 2001: A Space Odyssey predicted we would.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson says “the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.”
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We explore our environment more than we are compelled to utter poetry when we’re toddlers, says Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson claims the title “scientist” above all other “ists.” And yet, he says he is “constantly claimed by atheists.” So where does he stand? “Neil deGrasse, widely […]
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Neil deGrasse Tyson pours cold water on some of the dreams of the commercial space industry. He tells Big Think “from where I sit there is a lot of delusional […]
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The astrophysicist wants to shift the focus from avoiding death to living a full life.
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Are you 26 years-old or older? If so, you are older than Isaac Newton was when he invented calculus… on a dare! Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why Newton is the greatest physicist of all time.
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The astrophysicist summarizes two of his books and one he has in the works.
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Due to its high visibility, NASA has a far greater impact than what its budget might suggest. Fully funding NASA will stoke a pipeline of scientists and engineers as never […]
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The astrophysicist wants to see more engaged teachers.
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