In 1994, he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist and the Princeton faculty as a visiting research scientist and lecturer.
Untuk tiga tahun berikutnya, ia bekerja sebagai periset di Princeton University, dan pada tahun 1994, ia bergabung dengan Planetarium Hayden sebagai seorang staf ilmuwan.
In 1996, he became director of the planetarium and oversaw its $210 million reconstruction project, which was completed in 2000.
Pada tahun 1996, ia menjadi direktur dari planetarium ini dan mengawasi pengerjaan proyek pembangunan planetarium seharga $210.000.000, yang akhirnya selesai pada tahun 2000.
From 1995 to 2005, Tyson wrote monthly essays in the "Universe" column for Natural History magazine, some of which were later published in his books Death by Black Hole (2007) and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (2017).
Dari tahun 1995 sampai 2005, Tyson menulis di kolom "Universe" untuk majalah Natural History, beberapa diantaranya juga diterbitkan lewat bukunya yang berjudul Death by Black Hole (2007).
He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal in the same year.
Ia juga diberi penghargaan NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal pada tahun yang sama.
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences awarded Tyson the Public Welfare Medal in 2015 for his "extraordinary role in exciting the public about the wonders of science".
National Academy of Sciences juga memberi Tyson Public Welfare Medal pada tahun 2015 untuk "peran yang luar biasa dalam membuat masyarakat antusias tentang luar angkasa".
In 1994, Tyson joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist while he was a research affiliate in Princeton University.
Untuk tiga tahun berikutnya, ia bekerja sebagai periset di Princeton University, dan pada tahun 1994, ia bergabung dengan Planetarium Hayden sebagai seorang staf ilmuwan.
As director, he oversaw the planetarium's $210 million reconstruction project, which was completed in 2000.
Pada tahun 1996, ia menjadi direktur dari planetarium ini dan mengawasi pengerjaan proyek pembangunan planetarium seharga $210.000.000, yang akhirnya selesai pada tahun 2000.
Soon afterward, he was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by NASA.
Ia juga diberi penghargaan NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal pada tahun yang sama.
List of awards received by Tyson: 2001 Medal of Excellence, Columbia University, New York City 2004 NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal 2005 Science Writing Award 2007 Klopsteg Memorial Award winner 2009 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award from the Space Foundation for significant contributions to public awareness of space programs 2009 Isaac Asimov Award from the American Humanist Association 2014 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Reality Show Host 2014 Dunlap Prize 2015 Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences 2015 Cosmos Award, Planetary Society 2017 Hubbard Medal, National Geographic Society 2017 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication, Starmus 2018 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album nomination for Astrophysics for People in a Hurry 2020 YouTube Gold Creator Award 2000 Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive, People magazine 2001 asteroid named: 13123 Tyson, renamed from Asteroid 1994KA by the International Astronomical Union 2001 The Tech 100, voted by editors of Crain's Magazine to be among the 100 most influential technology leaders in New York 2004 Fifty Most Important African-Americans in Research Science 2007 Harvard 100: Most Influential, Harvard Alumni magazine, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2007 The Time 100, voted by the editors of Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential persons in the world 2008 Discover Magazine selected him as one of "The 10 Most Influential People in Science" 2010 elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society 2016 The leaping frog Indirana tysoni was named after him by Neelesh Dahanukar, Nikhil Modak, Keerthi Krutha, P. O. Nameer, Anand D. Padhye, and Sanjay Molur.
Daftar penghargaan yang diterima oleh Tyson: 2001 Medal of Excellence, Columbia University, New York City 2004 NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal 2005 Science Writing Award 2007 Klopsteg Memorial Award winner 2009 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award from the Space Foundation for significant contributions to public awareness of space programs 2009 Isaac Asimov Award from the American Humanist Association 2014 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Reality Show Host 2014 Dunlap Prize 2015 Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences 2015 Cosmos Award, Planetary Society 2017 Hubbard Medal, National Geographic Society 2017 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science and Communication, Starmus 2000 Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive, People magazine 2001 asteroid named: 13123 Tyson, renamed from Asteroid 1994KA by the International Astronomical Union 2001 The Tech 100, voted by editors of Crain's Magazine to be among the 100 most influential technology leaders in New York 2004 Fifty Most Important African-Americans in Research Science 2007 Harvard 100: Most Influential, Harvard Alumni magazine, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2007
Merlin's Tour of the Universe 1st hardcover ed. (1989).
Merlin's Tour of the Universe (1st ed. 1989; 2nd ed. 1998).
Universe Down to Earth (1994).
ISBN 0-385-48835-1. Universe Down to Earth (1994).