Astrophysicist, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, in NY.
Recently pronounced "God" by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show due to his ability to explain why the tides go in and out. (The moon's gravitational pull, in case you were wondering).
Studied at both Harvard and Columbia Universities.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is a astrophysicist who is famous for his lectures and most recently hosting Cosmos: A space time odyssey.
Tyson is known for his sometimes comedic approach to explaining science and for inspiring others to look to the field of science.
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.
Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.