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That Time a Teenage Neil deGrasse-Tyson Met His Idol, Carl Sagan [Video]

Who He Is and How He Came to Be

Back when Neil deGrasse-Tyson was a high school student aspiring to follow a career studying the universe, he had the chance to meet Carl SaganCarl Sagan — who offered to meet him at Cornell University to show him around his lab. And a place to sleep if he ended up snowed in. It’s official, then: Carl Sagan was one of the best people in the world.

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