Close up of Neil deGrasse Tyson's face and his hand with his index finger pointing up.
Testifying before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 7, 2012. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Commentary

Articles

  1. 100 Years Ago

    March 25, 2023

  2. A Few Words on Abortion

    May 4, 2022

  3. Because of Science

    March 18, 2021

  4. Reflections on the Color of My Skin

    June 3, 2020

  5. Hawaii’s Conduit to the Cosmos

    September 25, 2019

  6. Science in America

    April 21, 2017

  7. Reflections on Rationalia

    August 7, 2016

  8. What Science Is, and How and Why It Works

    January 23, 2016

  9. Dark Matter

    December 17, 2015

  10. Past, Present, and Future of NASA: U.S. Senate Testimony

    March 7, 2012

  11. If I Were President…

    August 21, 2011

  12. For The Love of Hubble

    June 22, 2008

  13. Vote by Numbers

    June 6, 2008

  14. Why America Needs to Explore Space

    August 5, 2007

  15. Where Even the Sky is No Limit

    November 25, 2002

  16. Destiny in Space

    January 1, 2001

  17. Misaligned Stars

    July 22, 1998

Cosmic Perspective

The Cosmic Perspective was a segment on NOVA Science Now between 2006 and 2009.

Cosmic Perspective: Neil deGrasse Tyson takes a look at the big picture. Pictured is Neil holding the planet Earth in one hand while he gazes upon it.

Blue Collar Intellectuals

Part of the series “Appetite for the Cosmos” for the Planetary Society, 2006.

Neil deGrasse Tyson talks with the delivery guy on the sidewalk.

How’s the Universe today?