Professor Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. The host of "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" on FOX--an update to Carl Sagan's "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" television series--he previously hosted "NOVA""ScienceNow" on PBS and has been a frequent guest on "The Daily...See more

Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. The host of "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" on FOX--an update to Carl Sagan's "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" television series--he previously hosted "NOVA""ScienceNow" on PBS and has been a frequent guest on "The Daily Show," "The Colbert Report," "Real Time with Bill Maher," and "Jeopardy!" He is the author of "Death by Black Hole "and" Space Chronicles," among other works. See less