Tyson earned a
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degree in physics at
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in 1980 and then began his graduate work at the
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, from which he received an degree in astronomy in 1983. By his own account, he did not spend as much time in the research lab as he should have. His professors encouraged him to consider alternative careers and the committee for his doctoral dissertation was dissolved, ending his pursuit of a doctorate from the University of Texas.
Tyson was a lecturer in astronomy at the from 1986 to 1987 and in 1988, he was accepted into the astronomy graduate program at , where he earned an degree in astrophysics in 1989, and a degree in astrophysics in 1991 under the supervision of Professor R. Michael Rich. Rich obtained funding to support Tyson's doctoral research from NASA and the ARCS foundation enabling Tyson to attend international meetings in Italy, Switzerland, Chile, and South Africa and to hire students to help him with data reduction. In the course of his thesis work, he observed using the 0.91 m telescope at the in Chile, where he obtained images for the helping to further their work in establishing as .
During his thesis research at Columbia University, Tyson became acquainted with Professor at , who visited Columbia University in the course of collaborating with his thesis advisor on the Galactic bulge typically found in .
I didn't realise journalists needed degrees in Phsyics and Astronomy now.