Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson is, to my mind, the most valuable kind of scientist: the one who refuses to let knowledge stay locked inside the academy. The medals — NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Hubbard, the Hawking Medal — confirm what anyone who has heard him talk already knows: he treats wonder as a public utility. I am struck by the Bronx Science-to-Harvard arc, a New York kid who looked up past the streetlights and never stopped. Some critics find him too much of a showman; I would argue the showmanship is the point. In an era allergic to expertise, a charismatic translator of the cosmos is not a luxury — he is infrastructure.

Name (English)

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Name (Japanese)

ニール・ドグラース・タイソン

Reading

にーる・どぐらーす・たいそん

Born

October 5, 1958 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

Origin

Manhattan, New York, United States

Occupation

astrophysicist / science writer / teacher / science communicator / cosmologist

High school

Bronx High School of Science

University

Harvard University

Awards & achievements

• 2009 Isaac Asimov Science Award
• 2015 Knight Innovation Award
• NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
• 2015 NAS Public Welfare Medal
• 2017 Hubbard Medal
• 2017 Stephen Hawking Medal For Science Communication
• Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
• Science Writing Award

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/neildegrassetyson/
• Xhttps://x.com/neiltyson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

Tags

• New York
• astrophysicist
• science writer
• teacher

Last updated

2026-06-11

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