Astronomer · 1958 CE – present

Neil deGrasse Tyson

History of AstronomyContemporary Astronomy

Biography

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and the director of New York's Hayden Planetarium, and the most prominent science communicator of his generation. Carrying forward the legacy of Carl Sagan, he hosted the 2014 series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and has brought astronomy to a vast public audience.

Scientific contributions

Director of the Hayden Planetarium
Leading contemporary communicator of astronomy and astrophysics
Hosted the 2014 revival of Cosmos

Knowledge connections

Influenced byCarl Sagan
Part ofContemporary Astronomy

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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