Neil Degrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson, born October 5, 1958, is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He serves as the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. Tyson gained widespread recognition as the host of the television series "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" (2014), a sequel to Carl Sagan's 1980 series. In 2004, he was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. Tyson has authored several best-selling books, including "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry" (2017), which provides a concise overview of the universe's complexities. He also played a key role in the reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet, a topic he explores in his book "The Pluto Files" (2009).