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Education • Family Friendly • Speaker Series

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Location

Jones Hall
615 Louisiana St

Reserve Parking Nearby

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Date and Time for this Past Event

Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 7:30p.m.

Details

Neil deGrasse Tyson, aka Houston’s personal astrophysicist, leads an entertaining and enlightening review of what Hollywood got right—and wrong—about science in blockbuster films like The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Harry Potter films, A Bug’s Life, and more.