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American astrophysicist (born )

Neil deGrasse Tyson (də-GRASS or də-GRAHSS; born October 5, ) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.

Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From to , he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University.

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In , he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and the Princeton faculty as a visiting research scientist and lecturer. In , he became director of the planetarium and oversaw its $ million reconstruction project, which was completed in Since , 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 and has been a research associate in the department since

From to , Tyson wrote monthly essays in the "Universe" column for Natural History magazine, s