📝 The story behind the little key
A scientist of the stars
Tyson is an astrophysicist who has directed the Hayden Planetarium since 1996 and spent his career studying the universe and helping others understand it.
Bringing the cosmos to everyone
Through television, books, and talks, Tyson has become one of the most recognized voices in science, famous for making the enormous universe feel wonderful and personal.
We are stardust
One of his most quoted ideas is that the atoms in our bodies were made inside stars long ago — that we are, in the most literal way, part of the universe looking at itself. It's exactly the wonder tonight's story offers a child.
