# Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. Tyson is a research associate of the American Museum of Natural History and former host of the television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.

## Quick Facts

- **Born:** October 5, 1958
- **Birthplace:** New York City, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Occupation:** astrophysicist
- **Category:** Scholars & Educators
- **Net Worth:** $5M (est. 2024)
- **Also Known As:** America's Astrophysicist

## Overview

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, 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. Since 1996, he has been the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. The center is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where Tyson founded the Department of Astrophysics in 1997 and has been a research associate in the department since 2003.

## Wikipedia Context

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## Sources

Primary source page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson

## Timeline

### 1958 — Birth
Birth of Neil deGrasse Tyson.

### 2026 — Wikipedia Complement
Profile metadata and editorial blocks were complemented using Wikipedia and Wikidata references.

### 2026 — Profile Update
Structured profile components were updated to improve completeness.

## Quotes

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