Neil deGrasse Tyson, an acclaimed astrophysicist, educator, and media personality, was born on October 5, 1958, in New York City. His fascination with the cosmos began at age nine after a visit to the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Captivated by astronomy, he soon enrolled in classes at the planetarium and received his first telescope, which he used to observe the night sky from the rooftop of his family's apartment building.
Tyson demonstrated academic excellence early on and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1976. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics from Harvard University, followed by a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Columbia University in 1991. After completing postdoctoral research at Princeton University, he began working at the Hayden Planetarium, eventually becoming its director.
Throughout his career, Tyson has become one of the most recognized science communicators in the world. In 2009, he launched the podcast StarTalk Radio, a science-focused show that blends informative discourse with comedic commentary. The podcast's popularity led to the creation of a StarTalk television show on the National Geographic Channel in 2015, as well as spin-off podcasts such as StarTalk All-Stars and StarTalk Playing with Science.
Tyson gained widespread acclaim as the host of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a reboot of Carl Sagan’s iconic 1980 series. The updated version premiered on March 9, 2014, across ten networks owned by 21st Century Fox. The show was praised for making complex scientific ideas accessible to a broad audience and cemented Tyson's reputation as a leading science educator.
| Birth Date: | 5 Oct, 1958 |
| Age: | 61 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | The Bronx |
| residence: | New York City |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | African-American astrophysicist, and science communicator |
| Net Worth 2020: | 5 million |
| Net Worth 2021: | 5 million |
