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Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator.

Born and raised in New York City, Tyson became interested in astronomy at the age of nine after a visit to the Hayden Planetarium. After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, where he was editor-in-chief of the Physical Science Journal, he completed a bachelor's degree in physics at Harvard University in 1980. After receiving a master's degree in astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin in 1983, he earned his master's (1989) and doctorate (1991) in astrophysics at Columbia University. For the next three years, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. In 1994 he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and the Princeton faculty as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. In 1996, he became director of the planetarium and oversaw its $210-million reconstruction project, which was completed in 2000.

From 1995 to 2005, Tyson wrote monthly essays in the "Universe" column for Natural History magazine, some of which were published in his book Death by Black Hole (2007). During the same period, he wrote a monthly column in Star Date magazine, answering questions about the universe under the pen name "Merlin". Material from the column appeared in his books Merlin's Tour of the Universe (1998) and Just Visiting This Planet (1998). Tyson served on a 2001 government commission on the future of the U.S. aerospace industry, and on the 2004 Moon, Mars and Beyond commission. He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal in the same year.

In 2014, he hosted the television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a successor to Carl Sagan's 1980 series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.

As a science communicator, Tyson regularly appears on television, radio, and various other media outlets.

Neil deGrasse Tyson in Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)

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At his high school&#39;s 20-year reunion in 1996, Tyson was voted the
graduate with the &quot;coolest job.&quot;

First African American director of the American Museum of Natural History&#39;s Hayden Planetarium, in New York City. Tyson is also a researcher, a professor of astrophysics at Princeton University, and a general-interest science columnist. Author of books for nonspecialists on space and the universe (listed under Other Works).

Received his Bachelor&#39;s degree from Harvard, his Master&#39;s from the University of Texas, and his PhD from Columbia University.

Has two children: Travis Tyson, and Miranda Tyson.

All-time favorite Broadway musical is <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0515908/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> &amp; <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0005358/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Tim Rice</a>&#39;s &quot;Jesus Christ Superstar&quot;.

Brother of Stephen Joseph Tyson, and Lynn Antipas Tyson.

Son of Cyril deGrasse Tyson, and Sunchita Maria Tyson.

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