Tag: Neil deGrasse Tyson
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William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson banter about follies and the final frontier
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson laughs as “Star Trek” captain William Shatner tells a tale during a fireside chat at McCaw Hall in Seattle. (Mat Hayward Photo / Future of Space) William Shatner set a record as the oldest human in space at the age of 90 — but at the age of 94, he’s not…
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How to geek out with Neil deGrasse Tyson, on stage, on screen or with a book
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts “StarTalk” from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. (Credit: National Geographic Channel) Few people can geek out to a movie harder than astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, but he met his match when it came to Thor’s hammer. Tyson, who’s the director of New York’s Hayden Planetarium as…
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Stephen Colbert checks in with Neil deGrasse Tyson in this super-scientific Pluto Flyby update
Let’s check back in on Pluto, shall we? In the midst of celebrating the news that Pluto successfully completed its flyby yesterday,The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert sat down with Neil deGrasse Tyson in what appears to be an intern’s cubicle to discuss the monumental event. Colbert, excited that New Horizons, or the spacecraft “named after the…
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Q&A: Neil deGrasse Tyson on commercial space, technology and the best Star Trek captain
#477358915 / gettyimages.com Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and the host of StarTalk Radio and the television series “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.” He’s also a frequent guest on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and he’s appearing this week at Tableau Software’s annual conference in…