Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 28/09/2026On 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 1440366
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 25/09/2026Going 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/CaptCrmGm70youtube.comMoonshots Live!YouTube video by StarTalk Plus 314516
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 18/09/2026And 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...youtube.comDo Aliens Speak Whale? Voyager, Schodinger’s Cat, and More!YouTube video by StarTalk 614123
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 09/09/2026How I choose to remember the WTC Twin Towers. [300 words] neildegrassetyson.com/photos/2002-10-city-of-stars/sunset-on-wtc/ 1631233
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 02/09/2026WOULD ALIENS THINK HUMANS ARE UGLY ? An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0... 3117826
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 30/08/2026In 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. 581432291
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 30/08/2026When Space Exploration touches poets and artists, we must be doing something right. 1733156
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 20/08/2026*** 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 5626440
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 18/08/2026*** PLUTO THE SAVIOR *** An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0... 1719422
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 18/08/2026Sat, 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] 833541
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 11/08/2026Humans kill one another so often, for all reasons including none, I wonder how we'd treat a peaceful Alien who visited Earth. 6135340
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 07/08/2026ALIENS & WHALES ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0... 1923837
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 31/07/2026WHAT 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... 3220727
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 27/07/2026SPACE ALIENS IN LOS ANGELES An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0... 1922032
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 25/07/2026Got 20 minutes? [Video: StarTalk's YouTube Channel] www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYiU...youtube.comAmerica’s Scientists Are DisappearingYouTube video by StarTalk 43485118
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 24/07/2026BANANAS, HUMANS, & ALIENS An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your first Alien Encounter” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-0... 1722530
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 23/07/2026In 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... 1835242
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 03/07/2026July 4, 2026 Happy 250th Birthday, America. [Deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum, NYC July 4, 2012] 1842639
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 29/06/2026Q: What is the only known planet in the Universe to be inhabited entirely by Alien Robots? A: Mars. 3981697
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 25/06/2026Take Me To Your… www.youtube.com/shorts/cRasb...youtube.com👽 Aliens telling dad jokes in Roswell 🌵 #dadjoke #dadjokes #funny #funnyanimation #animationYouTube video by PlutopiaWorld👽 1718821
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 23/06/2026June Solstice in Alaska 2026 Time Lapse: 90 minutes before Solar midnight. Elevation 3,000 ft. 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle. 1559792
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 21/06/2026June 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. 757863
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 18/06/2026This 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_...youtube.comMUST-SEE: Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Trump, Obama, and aliensYouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen 1829864
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 14/06/2026Not 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. 4189991
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 14/06/2026Not 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. 1856267
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 13/06/2026If I were ever abducted by Aliens, the first thing I’d ask is whether they came from a planet where people also deny science. 59982134
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 12/06/2026I've been known to speak Alien every now and then. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pekM...youtube.comNeil deGrasse Tyson Interviews Emily Blunt & Colman Domingo About Disclosure DayYouTube video by StarTalk Plus 120423
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 09/06/2026Not that anybody asked, but the last time the NY Knicks won a championship, the Hip Hop music genre had not yet been invented. 2232833
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 29/05/2026Just 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. 2761077
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 29/05/2026Scientifically 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. 4096177
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 19/05/2026In case you missed this... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Neil deGrasse Tyson: Give Us the Aliens 1229242
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 18/05/2026In 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 1044469
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 16/05/2026A 1-minute sample of my newfound Bromance with William Shatner… [From his backyard in Los Angeles] 762454434
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 11/05/2026Educated 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?" 2061257
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 10/05/2026Hmmm. 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. 2139227
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 05/05/2026In 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. 4425816
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 04/05/2026Disturbingly entertaining. [Video: 2m 20s] www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNbm...youtube.com 4329255
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 15/04/2026If 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. 20641174
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 02/04/2026Godspeed Artemis II April 1, 2026 -- 18:35 EDT 592030223
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 25/02/2026Not 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. 48650127
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 17/02/2026February 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 32729133
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 09/02/2026One more: I shat with William Shatner for 5hrs in conversation in his LA backyard. We shared personal stories of our lives & careers that we’ve never before shared publicly. "Cosmos Confidential: Bill & Neil’s Excellent Bromance” neildegrassetyson.com/books/2026-02-cosmos-confidential/ 11559769
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 09/02/2026I think I’ll end with a @SuperBowl Sunday dad-joke thought… Would be cool if, at the end of the season, they corralled all @NFL players who are vegetarian, and allow them to play in their own Salad Bowl. 3539523