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The PBS NOVA documentary The Pluto Files, based on the book, premiered in March 2010.

Two of Tyson’s other books are the playful and informative Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries, which was a New York Times bestseller, and The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet, chronicling his experience at the center of the controversy over Pluto’s planetary status. Origins is the companion book to the PBS NOVA four-part mini-series Origins, in which Tyson served as on-camera host. And among Tyson’s fifteen books is his memoir The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist and Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution, co-written with Donald Goldsmith. From 1995 to 2005, Tyson was a monthly essayist for Natural History magazine under the title Universe. Tyson has written, and continues to write for the public. In addition to dozens of professional publications, Dr. And in 2006, the head of NASA appointed Tyson to serve on its prestigious Advisory Council, which guides NASA through its perennial need to fit ambitious visions into restricted budgets. This group navigated a path by which the new space vision can become a successful part of the American agenda. In 2004, Tyson was once again appointed by President Bush to serve on a nine-member commission on the Implementation of the United States Space Exploration Policy, dubbed the “Moon, Mars, and Beyond” commission. The final report was published in 2002 and contained recommendations (for Congress and for the major agencies of the government) that would promote a thriving future of transportation, space exploration, and national security. In 2001, Tyson was appointed by President Bush to serve on a twelve-member commission that studied the Future of the U.S. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia.

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science.