{"id":2885,"date":"2025-06-14T04:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T04:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2025-06-15T02:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T02:27:20","slug":"neil-degrasse-tyson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/neil-degrasse-tyson\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil deGrasse Tyson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"StarTalk Podcast: Cosmic Queries \u2013 The Deep with Neil deGrasse Tyson\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vMFS-pCHb3w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Neil deGrasse Tyson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Famous As<\/td><td>Astrophysicist<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dates<\/td><td>1958 &#8211; Present<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Links<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leonardo_da_Vinci\">Wikipedia<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/startalkmedia.com\/\">StartalkMedia<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1mNsuXfG95Lf76YQeVMuo1\">Spotify<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Neil deGrasse Tyson (October 5, 1958) 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/neil.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/neil.png 500w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/neil-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/neil-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Favorite Works<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/32191710-astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=oTd7gOe8Yf&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Astrophysics for People in a Hurry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLnaXrumrax3Wgx2n0lK9a_ckR46qP5Mt0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cosmic Queries<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1mNsuXfG95Lf76YQeVMuo1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">StarTalk Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name Neil deGrasse Tyson Famous As Astrophysicist Dates 1958 &#8211; Present Links WikipediaStartalkMediaSpotify Neil deGrasse Tyson (October 5, 1958) 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. 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