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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist & science communicator; director of the Hayden Planetarium
The astrophysicist who made the cosmos a conversation — and showed that wonder needs no gatekeepers.
The rise
Raised in the Bronx, Tyson was inspired by a visit to the Hayden Planetarium at age nine. He studied at Harvard and Columbia, earned his doctorate, then returned to lead the very planetarium that had sparked his calling.