Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson spent part of his own birthday morning with the KTLA Morning News team Thursday to discuss his newest book and answer burning questions about the universe, extraterrestrial life — and Superman.

KTLA’s Melvin Roberts introduced Tyson as “one of the great minds of this generation” and welcomed the #1 New York Times bestselling author to the news desk to preview his book: “Just Visiting This Planet: Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin from Omniscia.”

The story surrounds the beloved fictional character Merlin, whom Tyson created from a pen name he once used in a Q&A column. Merlin appears in the new book as “a timeless space traveler from Planet Omniscia, who answers a collection of imaginative

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