FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Before delivering a lecture as part of IPFW’s 2014-2015 Omnibus Lecture Series, Neil deGrasse Tyson sat down with NewsChannel 15’s Jesse Hawila.

Astrophysicist deGrasse Tyson hosted the show “Cosmos,” and he has also served on advisory councils for NASA and former President George W. Bush. Tickets for his lecture, “This Just In: Latest Discoveries in the Universe” were all spoken for less than an hour after they became available in September.

Watch the video in this article to see the full interview with deGrasse Tyson.

The interview includes topics like religious creationism versus science, major discoveries possible over the next decade, the country’s decline in science and math education, and much more