When asked if he believed in a higher power, Tyson responded:

“Every account of a higher power that I’ve seen described, of all religions that I’ve seen, include many statements with regard to the benevolence of that power. When I look at the universe and all the ways the universe wants to kill us, I find it hard to reconcile that with statements of beneficence.”

Tyson can be seen as the current host of “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” which airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on Fox.