Cosmologist Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson is bound for New Zealand. Photo / Nasa
Cosmologist Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson is bound for New Zealand. Photo / Nasa
Famed US cosmologist Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson is set to visit New Zealand in July for two shows in Auckland and Christchurch.
Tyson - an expert on star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of the Milky Way - will tackle some of the biggest questions facing humansand the universe in his presentations.
His talks, each followed by Q&A sessions, will cover the search for alien life, the rapid sophistication of artificial intelligence and new threats facing science.
A best-selling author, Emmy Award winner and recipient of 19 honorary doctorates, Tyson is one of the world's best-known science communicators and perhaps best known for his StarTalk podcast and show.
Tyson also hosted the acclaimed documentary Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, the successor to Carl Sagan's seminal series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage from 1980.
Tickets for the shows - at Christchurch's Horncastle Arena on Tuesday, July 4, and Auckland's Vector Area on Sunday, July 9 - will be available from April 4 on Ticketek and Ticketmaster respectively.
