--- description: The astrophysicist took to Twitter to share some space themed names for the star, who is expecting twins title: Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Using His Space Skills for Beyonce image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Neil deGrasse Tyson Has Space-Themed Baby Name Ideas for Beyonce by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 13, 2017 12:53 PM CUT by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 13, 2017 12:53 PM CUT Twitter’s favourite astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson has some space themed baby names for Beyonce, who is expecting twins with her husband Jay-Z. Some, like “Phobos” and “Deimos” – the twin moons of Mars, according to Tyson – sound mystical. Others, like “Aster” and “Roid” weren’t quite so successful. Tyson started tweeting names out on Wednesday and made sure to sign off his tweets with “Cosmic”. He also started the hashtag #NamesForBeyonceTwins which was quickly co-opted by lots of Twitter users, eager to contribute their own ideas. > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/852212740584243201) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/852212777552945161) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/852213174866759681) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/852215249465946115) We’re sure Beyonce welcomes the assistance. After all, Blue Ivy, the name of Beyonce’s daughter, is a hard moniker to match. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4738129/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-beyonce/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4738129/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-beyonce/"},"headline":"Neil deGrasse Tyson Has Space-Themed Baby Name Ideas for Beyonce","datePublished":"2017-04-13T12:53:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:45.772Z","description":"\"Elgenubi & Eschamali\" might not make the grade.","url":"https://time.com/4738129/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-beyonce/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Beyonce","neil degrasse tyson","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zamira Rahim","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4738129/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-beyonce/","name":"Neil deGrasse Tyson Has Space-Themed Baby Name Ideas for Beyonce"}}]}] ```