Why Is Neil DeGrasse Tyson Important?

Why Is Neil DeGrasse Tyson Important? New York City, U.S. Neil deGrasse Tyson (US: /dəˈɡræs/ or UK: /dəˈɡrɑːs/; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator. … Since 1996, he has been the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York