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.

Tyson's 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 ...

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Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Communicating Science to the Public"
     Point of Inquiry Podcast - November 16, 2007

"Why America's Future Depends on Space"
     Parade Magazine - August 5, 2007

"The Cosmic Perspective"
     Natural History magazine - April 2007

NPR: "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me"
     A playful Interview with a panel on cosmic topics
     February 24, 2007


Summer 2008 broadcast schedule for NOVA Science NOW: (June 25, 2008)
PBS, Air-time: 9PM ET
June 25th (Wednesday)
July 2nd (Wednesday)
July 9th (Wednesday)
July 16th (Wednesday)
July 23rd (Wednesday)
July 30th (Wednesday)
August 6th (Wednesday)
August 13th (Wednesday)

GMA Seven Wonders of America (May 07, 2008)
Tyson serves on a panel of seven for ABS's Good Morning America to select the Seven Wonders of America
Time 100 for 2007 (May 08, 2007)
Neil deGrasse Tyson makes this years list of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet (Jan 2009)
Release Date January 19, 2009

Gathered here in one place is a record of Pluto’s rise and fall from planethood, given by way of media accounts, public forums, cartoons, and letters I received from disgruntled school children, their teachers, strongly opinionated adults, and colleagues.

Death By Black Hole, And Other Cosmic Quandaries (Jan 2007)
Neil deGrasse Tyson 2007. Death By Black Hole, And Other Cosmic Quandaries In contract with W. W. Norton (New York). Anthology of the best essays that have appeared in Natural History magazine under the title "Universe."


The Sky Is Not the Limit Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist (Jan 2004)
 Neil deGrasse Tyson 2000, The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist, Doubleday (New York). Autobiographical reflections. (Paperback [Updated and Revised]: 2004 - Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York)
   
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