Neil deGrasse Tyson

On being a Trillionaire... [A StarTalk Video: 11 min] www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDGa...

I’ve come to conclude that A.I. knows everything, yet understands nothing.

On the creation of NOAA & EPA under his signature: “Congress, the Administration and the public all share a profound commitment to the rescue of our natural environment, and the preservation of the Earth as a place both habitable by and hospitable to man” —Richard Nixon 1970

Going live on YouTube at the top of the hour (4:00pm PT / 7:00pm ET) to host “Moonshots Live!” at the United Theater, LA. Will be Chief Judge of the Future Vision X-Prize to evaluate the best Sci-Fi film ideas that portray positive, non-apocalyptic futures. www.youtube.com/live/CaptCrmGm70

And now for something different, which may (or may not) ever be repeated. StarTalk's "Wheel of Neil" -- but only if you have nothing better to do for 42 mins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP_o...

How I choose to remember the WTC Twin Towers. [300 words] neildegrassetyson.com/photos/2002-10-city-of-stars/sunset-on-wtc/

WOULD ALIENS THINK HUMANS ARE UGLY ? An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0...

In Case You Missed It: This morning's launch of @NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. [7:26am ET, August 30, 2026]. Will arrive at Sun-Earth L2 in Early December, to discover Exoplanets and observe the effects of Dark Matter & Dark Energy on the Universe.

When Space Exploration touches poets and artists, we must be doing something right.

*** PLUTO *** Twenty (!) years ago this month, Pluto was officially demoted. Here's the entire saga: science & pop culture. Though often blamed, I was just an accessory ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Pluto Files: The Rise & Fall of America’s Favorite Planet (2009) neildegrassetyson.com/books/2009-01-the-pluto-files

*** PLUTO THE SAVIOR *** An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0...

Sat, Aug 15 / 4 am / 41 deg N / Due East The “Winter” constellation Orion climbs late over the horizon to join the rest of August's visible constellations. It will rise earlier and earlier (4 min per day), eventually sitting high in December’s early evening sky. [iPhone 16 Pro, 2 sec; Handheld]

Humans kill one another so often, for all reasons including none, I wonder how we'd treat a peaceful Alien who visited Earth.

ALIENS & WHALES ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0...

WHAT IF ALIENS EXIST IN HIGHER DIMENSIONS ? An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0...

SPACE ALIENS IN LOS ANGELES An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0...

Got 20 minutes? [Video: StarTalk's YouTube Channel] www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYiU...

BANANAS, HUMANS, & ALIENS An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your first Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0...

In the coming weeks, I’ll be posting random excerpts from “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your first Alien Encounter.” P.S: If you’re a better listener than reader, and if you like my voice, I also narrated the Audio book. More information. neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0...

July 4, 2026 Happy 250th Birthday, America. [Deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum, NYC July 4, 2012]

Q: What is the only known planet in the Universe to be inhabited entirely by Alien Robots? A: Mars.

Take Me To Your… www.youtube.com/shorts/cRasb...

June Solstice in Alaska 2026 Time Lapse: 90 minutes before Solar midnight. Elevation 3,000 ft. 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

June 21, 2026 - Solstice Solar midnight. Due North. Fairbanks, Alaska — two degrees south of the Arctic Circle. Sun sets for 1 hr 49 min, offering 22 hrs 11 min of daylight.

This conversation on @briantylercohen.bsky.social's podcast contains everything important that I’ve said in the past five years on aliens, conspiracies, science vs politics in America, colonizing Mars, sentient AI, NASA’s budget, etc. And it all fit within 1-hr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=odh_...

June 14, 2026

Not that anybody asked, but the last time the NY Knicks won a championship, the planet Neptune had not yet completed one orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846.

Not that anybody asked, but the last time the NY Knicks won a championship, Steven Spielberg had not yet made a feature-length movie about Aliens.

If I were ever abducted by Aliens, the first thing I’d ask is whether they came from a planet where people also deny science.

I've been known to speak Alien every now and then. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pekM...

Not that anybody asked, but the last time the NY Knicks won a championship, the Hip Hop music genre had not yet been invented.

Just saw The Rocky Horror Show at Studio 54, NYC. Was reminded that, in the end, we learn they’re all genderfluid Space Aliens. Until the Pentagon brings out an actual alien, we’re left imagining them. And imagine them we do.

Scientifically literate dogs have always enjoyed my books. But Butters from Los Angeles may have enjoyed "Take Me To Your Leader" a little too much. Or maybe he wanted to eat the evidence of dog aliens found inside.

Freedom isn't free.

In case you missed this... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...

In LA this week? Shatner & I take our Bromance to the Saban Theater: Tues/Wed, May 19/20 futureofspace.io/the-universe-is-absurd Not in LA but still curious? Recorded an Audio Original "Cosmos Confidential" for when stuck in traffic or taking a long walk blackstonepublishing.com/products/book-ko9w

A 1-minute sample of my newfound Bromance with William Shatner… [From his backyard in Los Angeles]

Are we ready?

Humans, Aliens, and Bananas

Educated dogs tend to enjoy my books. Bailey from Boston got an early copy of “Take Me To Your Leader” and especially liked this sentence from Chapter 1: “What if the Alien greets you the way Earth dogs greet each other, and it simply wants to come around and sniff your butt?"

Hmmm. The current price of Platinum futures is around $2,000 per ounce. Gold, around $4,700 per ounce. This throws into question the meaning of a higher-reward Platinum vs Gold credit card.

Origin Story.

In the “Pi-Hard” movie trailer (www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNbmoVdirxw), is that the best Alien AI could come up with? A hairy lizard-monster dropped from a vortex in the sky over my City? That scene stretched credulity. Everybody knows Reptiles have no hair.

May the Fourth be with you.

Disturbingly entertaining. [Video: 2m 20s] www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNbm...

This checks..

If current cuts to the Federal Science Budget proposed by the White House are approved by Congress, that will far-and-away be the largest cut to science since the United States began funding it. Republicans & Democrats alike know there’s no surer path to Making America Not-Great.

Godspeed Artemis II April 1, 2026 -- 18:35 EDT

Not that anybody asked, but… The first 13 months of Biden’s term, the stock market rose 12%, setting a record high closing of 11 times. The first 13 months of Trump’s second term, the market rose 10%, setting a record high closing of 10 times.

February 17, 2026 Today begins the Chinese New Year - year of the Horse. It’s also the first day of Ramadan on the Islamic Calendar. It’s also Mardi Gras for partying Christians (mostly Catholics), signalling the first day of Lent. All derived from Lunar cycles. New Moon Today — 7:00am ET