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Neil deGrasse Tyson

5 October 1958 – present

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author and science communicator. He has directed the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York since 1996 and has hosted television series including NOVA ScienceNow and Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, as well as the StarTalk podcast.

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Born in Manhattan, New York City
5 October 1958

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born in Manhattan and grew up in the Bronx.

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Graduated from the Bronx High School of Science
1976

He attended the Bronx High School of Science, where he edited the school's Physical Science Journal and captained the wrestling team.

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Earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University
1980

He completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard College, where he also rowed and wrestled.

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Received a master's degree in astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin
1983
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Married Alice Young
1988

Tyson married Alice Young, a mathematical physicist whom he had met in a physics class at the University of Texas.

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Earned a PhD in astrophysics from Columbia University
1991

His doctoral research concerned the structure of the Galactic bulge.

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Appointed director of the Hayden Planetarium
1996

He became the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, a post he has held since.

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Hosted the PBS series NOVA ScienceNow
2006 – 2011

Tyson presented the science magazine programme NOVA ScienceNow on PBS.

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Launched the StarTalk radio show and podcast
2009

StarTalk, blending science with comedy and popular culture, began as a radio programme and later became a podcast and television series.

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Presented Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
2014

He hosted the television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a successor to Carl Sagan's 1980 series Cosmos.

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