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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Your Personal Astrophysicist and host of @StarTalk. Posting images and occasional videos of possible artistic or scientific interest.

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Video by StarTalk on September 17, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, jewelry and text.PinnedVideo

Who knew Neil would carry the team in charades🐈 How well does the StarTalk crew actually know the 5,000…

Video by StarTalk on September 16, 2026. May be a meme of text that says 'TILTING TING98DEGREES 98 DEGREES FROM VERTICAL OST OST'.PinnedVideo

What happens when a planet basically rotates on its side?🤔 Uranus has one of the strangest orientations in…

Video by StarTalk on September 15, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, poster, magazine and text that says 'I NOW DECLARE ARE EACH ONE OF YOU LOST'.Video

Were you born before or after 1995? Because Neil's officially renamed your generation 😮 Get lost in 5,000…

Video by StarTalk on September 13, 2026. May be an image of magazine and text that says 'SATURN OST WOULDFLOAT WOULD FLOAT'.Video

Would Saturn actually float in water? 🛁 Neil’s known this space fact since he was a kid (which apparently…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on September 09, 2026. May be an image of skyscraper, tower, buildings and text.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ** HOW I CHOOSE TO REMEBER ** ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Rising a quarter of a mile into the sky, the…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on September 02, 2026. May be a Twitter screenshot of text that says 'Earth's humans Wear heels. Unlike other animals boundless appearance for one another. too small? There's surgeon that. too Curl Hair curly? Straighten Hair where don't want ít? Remove lasers, the twentieth century. Crooked teeth? them whitened. short? Glue longer ones. Cheeks too blush. Hair too gray? Color Facial blemishes? Spackle them over makeup. Too chubby? Burn fitness center. Muscles small? Pump them at the Humans have always worshipped beauty, from the Greek gods movie lucrative industry cultivates on our insecurities, tantasies, making ourselves attractive. Aliens, upon uniquely human surely conclude humans think humans natively hopelessly desperate need somebody regimens'.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ WOULD ALIENS THINK HUMANS ARE UGLY ? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader…

Video by Neil deGrasse Tyson on August 30, 2026. May be an image of outer space and text.Video

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When space exploration touches poets & artists, we all must be doing something right.

Video by Neil deGrasse Tyson on August 30, 2026. May be an image of space shuttle and text that says 'STARTUP STARTUP/(FacoHlaictlile (Falcon Heavy in control of fcountdown) NASA MAXO LIFTOFF STARTUP STAR STARTUP T- T-00:00:58 ROMAN SPACE ROMANSPACETELESCOPE SPACE ELESCOP !'.Video

In Case You Missed It: This morning's launch of @NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. [7:26am ET, August 30…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on August 19, 2026. May be an image of poster, magazine and text that says 'NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Pluto The Files and Fall of Planet The Rise America America's S Favorite Original Hardcover Jacket OriginalHardcover_JacketDesion Design'.

*** PLUTO *** Twenty (!) years ago this month, Pluto was officially demoted to Dwarf Planet. Here's the…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on August 18, 2026. May be an image of crossword puzzle and text.

PLUTO THE SAVIOR ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on August 18, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of text.

Sat, Aug 15 / 4 am / 41 deg N / Due East ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The “Winter” constellation Orion climbs late over the…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on August 11, 2026. May be an image of tinfoil, glasses, bamboo and text.

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

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on August 07, 2026. May be a video game screenshot of card and text.

ALIENS & WHALES ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter”

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on July 31, 2026. May be an image of card and text.

WHAT IF ALIENS EXIST IN HIGHER DIMENSIONS ? An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on July 27, 2026. May be an image of text.

SPACE ALIENS IN LOS ANGELES ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First…

Video by Neil deGrasse Tyson on July 26, 2026. May be an image of microphone and text.Video

Got 20 minutes? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On America's Brain Drain...

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on July 24, 2026. May be an image of text.

BANANAS, HUMANS, & ALIENS ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ An excerpt from “Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on July 24, 2026. May be an image of poster and text that says 'How Not to Greet Your Alien If an Alien approaches you with multiple appendages, one of which looks like aл extended hand, resist grabbing and shaking it. You don't know in advance what part of the Alien's anatomy you just touched, and you probably don't want to find out. Excerpt from Take Me To Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter © Neil deGrasse Tyson 2026'.

Over the coming weeks, I’ll be posting random excerpts from “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on July 03, 2026.

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

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on June 29, 2026. May be an image of planet.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Q: What is the only known planet in the Universe to be inhabited entirely by Alien Robots?…

Video by Neil deGrasse Tyson on June 22, 2026.Video

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ June Solstice in Alaska 2026 - Oblique Sunset ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Time Lapse: 90 minutes before Solar…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on June 21, 2026.

June 21, 2026 - Solstice ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Solar midnight. Due North. Fairbanks, Alaska — two degrees south of the…

Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on June 14, 2026.

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Photo by Neil deGrasse Tyson on June 13, 2026.

What I looked like the last time the @NYKnicks won a championship. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [Mirror-selfie. Via Pentax…

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