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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Author of 8 books, among them: Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries;The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist; and Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia.

Tyson's professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. Tyson obtains his data from the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as from telescopes in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and in the Andes Mountains of Chile.

Topics

Follow Tyson as he takes you on a tour of the universe with wit, humor, and astrophysical genius

Big Bang
Asteroids
Intelligent life
in the universe
Pluto
Science Literary
NOVA ScienceNow!
Star Talk Radio
Space Exploration & Travel
Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and Black Holes

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