This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic tragedy, and with it will come James Cameron's 3D version of his Oscar-winning flick documenting the doomed voyage. Last month he screened the revamped film, which contains one altered scene. The change came after Neil deGrasse Tyson informed him that the astral pattern was inaccurate for the night the ship sank in 1912. The scene comes when Kate Winslet’s character, Rose, is floating on a piece of wood and staring at the sky. Cameron told Culture magazine: more ›

“When I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the Universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up—many people feel small, because they’re small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars.”

Seems like just yesterday we were readying our cameras for the annual Manhattanhenge dates, and here we are again. This weekend, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson (and director of the Hayden Planetarium in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History) posted the 2012 dates. If you somehow still haven't heard of the event, here's the deal: four times a year, "the setting sun aligns precisely with the Manhattan street grid, creating a radiant glow of light across Manhattan's brick and steel canyons, simultaneously illuminating both the north and south sides of every cross street of the borough's grid." Two of these days you get the full sun, and the other two you get a half sun (both pictured above). more ›

Mr. Manhattanhenge himself, also known as The "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive," and more professionally known as Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, has teamed up with PETA for a “kindness is a virtue” campaign, which suggests we all show a little compassion. Unsurprisingly it's one of the more complex PETA campaigns we've seen! He explains it here, in a 7+ minute video, where he says life forms from other planets might just look at us as primitive if they see us "gnashing on each other's ribs for food." more ›

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the man who coined the term Manhattanhenge (which just took place this past Tuesday and Wednesday), was on Jimmy Fallon last night. The two talked about superheroes, Star Talk Radio, and the sun. Of Manhattanhenge Tyson says: more ›

Since being named director of the Hayden Planetarium in 1996, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson has transformed himself from a relatively obscure astrophysicist into one of the leading promoters in the public eye for science and scientific exploration. His advocacy work through his books and TV appearances has earned him accolades of all varieties—honorary degrees, medals of excellence, even an asteroid bearing his name—and popularity enough to get him a spot on People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" list in 2000. more ›