Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist and science communicator, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York.
He became the public face of popular astronomy through television appearances, podcasts, and social media, often explaining cosmic phenomena in accessible terms.
His name sometimes stands in for enthusiastic science advocacy or pedantic corrections of scientific inaccuracies in films: He went full Neil deGrasse Tyson on the movie's physics.
Regions of inescapable gravity
- dark matterLightless cosmic mass
- dark energyForce accelerating universal expansion
- big bangLoud explosive noise
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
relativity · galaxies · stars · universe · space-time · gravitational waves · neutron stars · supernovae
Broadcast program presenter
- podcasterEpisodic audio show host
- public speakerOne who addresses gatherings
- authorCreator of written works
- narratorOne who tells events
interviewer · debater · Twitter personality · soundbites · analogies · enthusiasm · accessibility · charisma
Scientist studying celestial bodies
- physicistScientist of matter and energy
- cosmologistScholar of universal origins
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- scholarLearned, studious person
professor · academic · PhD · theorist · intellectual · science communicator · educator · explainer
Teaching science, technology, engineering, math
- science literacyUnderstanding of empirical methods
- NASA fundingGovernment allocation for aerospace
- space explorationInvestigating the cosmos beyond Earth
- critical thinkingObjective evaluation of information
skepticism · rationalism · curiosity · wonder · scientific method
One who leads
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- New York CityAmerica's largest city
- exhibitsDisplays for viewing
- public outreachCommunicating with external audiences
- documentariesFilms depicting real events
- YouTubeVideo-sharing website
- memesSelf-propagating cultural units
- pop cultureMass entertainment and trends
High-volume publication
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- science writingExplaining research to general audiences
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
black holes
Regions of inescapable gravity
- dark matterLightless cosmic mass
- dark energyForce accelerating universal expansion
- big bangLoud explosive noise
cosmology · relativity · galaxies · stars · universe · space-time · gravitational waves · neutron stars · supernovae · exoplanets
television host
Broadcast program presenter
- podcasterEpisodic audio show host
- public speakerOne who addresses gatherings
- authorCreator of written works
narrator · interviewer · debater · Twitter personality · soundbites · analogies · enthusiasm · accessibility · charisma · wit
astrophysicist
Scientist studying celestial bodies
- physicistScientist of matter and energy
- cosmologistScholar of universal origins
- researcherOne who studies systematically
scholar · professor · academic · PhD · theorist · intellectual · science communicator · educator · explainer · lecturer
STEM education
Teaching science, technology, engineering, math
- science literacyUnderstanding of empirical methods
- NASA fundingGovernment allocation for aerospace
- space explorationInvestigating the cosmos beyond Earth
critical thinking · skepticism · rationalism · curiosity · wonder · scientific method
director
One who leads
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- New York CityAmerica's largest city
- exhibitsDisplays for viewing
The Colbert Report
- documentariesFilms depicting real events
- YouTubeVideo-sharing website
- memesSelf-propagating cultural units
bestseller
High-volume publication
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- science writingExplaining research to general audiences
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
- PhysicistsAlbert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Richard Feynman, Enrico Fermi, Max Planck
- American ScientistsBenjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Richard Feynman, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Carl Sagan
- AstronomersGalileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Nicolaus Copernicus, Edwin Hubble, Carl Sagan
- Space Scientistsastronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, NASA scientist
- popular physicslayman's terms, Einstein, Feynman, Carl Sagan, Bill Nye
- Science CommunicatorsCarl Sagan, Bill Nye, David Attenborough, Richard Feynman, Stephen Hawking
Neil deGrasse TysonAlex Jones
Gwyneth Paltrow · anti-vaxxer · Jenny McCarthy · conspiracy theorist · flat earthers
Neil deGrasse TysonRush Limbaugh
Polarizing conservative radio commentator
Alex Jones · Tucker Carlson · anti-intellectualism · anti-intellectual · dogmatist