Neil deGrasse Tyson
American astrophysicist
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| 2025 | Scheduled to be a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy! |
| 2025 | Scheduled to be a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy! |
| 2024 | Tyson is set to appear in the film This Is Me... Now: A Love Story, playing a character named Taurus. |
| 2024 | Tyson is set to appear in the film This Is Me... Now: A Love Story, playing a character named Taurus. |
| 2023 | Published two books: 'Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization' and 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' (co-authored with Lindsey Nyx Walker). |
| 2023 | Voice acts as Dr. Moore in the TV show Pantheon |
| 2023 | Published two books: 'Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization' and 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' (co-authored with Lindsey Nyx Walker). |
| 2023 | Voice acts as Dr. Moore in the TV show Pantheon |
| 2021 | Published book 'Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going'. |
| 2021 | Published book 'Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going'. |
| 2020 | Achieved the YouTube Gold Creator Award, recognizing his significant online content creation and audience engagement. |
| 2020 | Achieved the YouTube Gold Creator Award, recognizing his significant online content creation and audience engagement. |
| March 9 2020 | Returned with a follow-up season of Cosmos titled Cosmos: Possible Worlds. |
| March 9 2020 | Returned with a follow-up season of Cosmos titled Cosmos: Possible Worlds. |
| 2019 | Published book 'Letters from an Astrophysicist'. |
| 2019 | Published book 'Letters from an Astrophysicist'. |
| July 2019 | American Museum of Natural History confirmed Neil deGrasse Tyson would retain his position as director of the Hayden Planetarium following the investigations. |
| July 2019 | American Museum of Natural History confirmed Neil deGrasse Tyson would retain his position as director of the Hayden Planetarium following the investigations. |
| March 15 2019 | National Geographic and Fox completed their investigation and announced they would move forward with StarTalk and Cosmos, without further comment. |
| March 15 2019 | National Geographic and Fox completed their investigation and announced they would move forward with StarTalk and Cosmos, without further comment. |
| January 3 2019 | National Geographic Channel announced putting StarTalk episodes on hiatus to allow for investigation of sexual misconduct allegations. |
| January 3 2019 | National Geographic Channel announced putting StarTalk episodes on hiatus to allow for investigation of sexual misconduct allegations. |
| 2018 | Appears in two episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
| 2018 | Received an honorary doctorate from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut |
| 2018 | Tyson made a guest appearance on the first episode of the final season of The Big Bang Theory, alongside Bill Nye. |
| 2018 | Tyson played the role of Merlin in the television film The Last Sharknado: It's About Time. |
| 2018 | Published book 'Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military' with Avis Lang. |
| 2018 | Received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for his book 'Astrophysics for People in a Hurry'. |
| 2018 | Published book 'Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military' with Avis Lang. |
| 2018 | Appears in two episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
| 2018 | Tyson played the role of Merlin in the television film The Last Sharknado: It's About Time. |
| 2018 | Received an honorary doctorate from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut |
| 2018 | Received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for his book 'Astrophysics for People in a Hurry'. |
| 2018 | Tyson made a guest appearance on the first episode of the final season of The Big Bang Theory, alongside Bill Nye. |
| November 2018 | Sexual misconduct allegations against Tyson surfaced, including an accusation by Ashley Watson, his assistant on Cosmos, who claimed he made inappropriate sexual advances leading to her resignation. |
| November 2018 | Sexual misconduct allegations against Tyson surfaced, including an accusation by Ashley Watson, his assistant on Cosmos, who claimed he made inappropriate sexual advances leading to her resignation. |
| 2017 | Appears as himself in The Simpsons and Super Science Friends |
| 2017 | Awarded an honorary doctorate from Baruch College in New York City |
| 2017 | Neil deGrasse Tyson appeared as himself in the mobile app game Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow |
| 2017 | Honored with two significant awards: the Hubbard Medal from the National Geographic Society and the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication from Starmus. |
| 2017 | Logic released the song 'AfricAryaN' from the album 'Everybody' |
| 2017 | Published the book 'Astrophysics for People in a Hurry'. |
| 2017 | Logic released the song 'AfricAryaN' from the album 'Everybody' |
| 2017 | Neil deGrasse Tyson appeared as himself in the mobile app game Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow |
| 2017 | Appears as himself in The Simpsons and Super Science Friends |
| 2017 | Awarded an honorary doctorate from Baruch College in New York City |
| 2017 | Honored with two significant awards: the Hubbard Medal from the National Geographic Society and the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication from Starmus. |
| 2017 | Published the book 'Astrophysics for People in a Hurry'. |
| 2016 | Makes multiple TV appearances, including in BoJack Horseman, 100 Things to Do Before High School, Future-Worm!, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Regular Show, and appears in the documentary Mars |
| 2016 | Published book 'Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour' (co-authored with Michael A. Strauss and J. Richard Gott). |
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