Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. Born and raised in New York City, Tyson became interested in astronomy at the age of nine after a visit to the Hayden Planetarium.

After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, where he was editor-in-chief of the Physical Science Journal, he completed a bachelor’s degree in physics at Harvard University in 1980.

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born in Manhattan, on October 5, 1958, (age 64) as one of three children, to an African American father, Cyril deGrasse Tyson, and a Puerto Rican mother, Sunchita Marie Tyson.

Tyson is American and of African-American ethnicity

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an atheist.

Tyson’s height is 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) and his weight is 84 kg (185 lbs)

Tyson grew up in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the Bronx, and later in Riverdale. Tyson attended public schools in the Bronx: PS 36 Unionport, PS 81 Robert J. Christen, the Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy (MS 141), and graduated from The Bronx High School of Science in 1976. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University.

Tyson was born in Manhattan as the second of three children, in a family living in the Bronx. His African-American father, Cyril deGrasse Tyson (1927–2016), was a sociologist, and human resource commissioner for New York City mayor John Lindsay, and His mother, Sunchita Maria Tyson, was a gerontologist for the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and is of Puerto Rican descent.

Tyson’s wife is Alice Young they both met in a physics class in 1985 while Young obtained her doctorate at the University of Texas. The power couple married only a few years later in 1988 and have been going strong ever since. The astrophysicist has two children with his wife, Travis, and Miranda Tyson.

First African American director of the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium, in New York City. Tyson is also Known for, Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

2001 Medal of Excellence, Columbia University, New York City
2004 NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
2005 Science Writing Award
2007 Klopsteg Memorial Award winner
2009 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award from the Space Foundation for significant contributions to public awareness of space programs
2009 Isaac Asimov Award from the American Humanist Association
2014 Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Reality Show Host
2014 Dunlap Prize

Tyson was born in Manhattan and currently lives there, Manhattan is the most densely populated of New York City’s 5 boroughs. It’s mostly made up of Manhattan Island, bounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers.

As of 2023, Neil Degrasse Tyson’s estimated net worth is around $7 million. Most of his income comes from astronomy associated with the Hyden Planetarium. He has an annual income of $500,000. Neil Degrasse is engrossed in various activities that act as a great source of income for him.

You can find Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Instagram as (@neildegrassetyson)

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