The B.S. in astronomy & astrophysics at UW offers students an adventurous course of study in astronomical objects—from stars to black holes to solar systems—and their properties and functions. The ...

Special Electives must be courses from outside the Physics Department. Courses below the lowest-level required course in the Physics major cannot be used as Special Electives. For example, no MATH ...

Scientists at the University of Chicago have been unraveling the secrets of the far-flung universe for more than a century, but starting in 2018-19, undergraduates will be able to formally declare a ...

Apply physical laws to the working of the cosmos, and work in the largest laboratory there is: the universe itself. Through the study of astrophysics, researchers learn about the origin, structure, ...

By studying faint distortions in galaxy shapes across a vast region of sky, scientists probed the hidden structure of the universe. In the standard picture of the universe, nearly everything is hidden ...

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware is a vibrant hub of scientific inquiry, encompassing a diverse range of research areas that push the boundaries of human ...

There is a way out of this trap, but it requires a fundamental shift in how NASA thinks about astrophysics procurement. It is time to stop buying hardware and start subscribing to outcomes. It is time ...

A new breakthrough study fromRutgers University is offering insights into one of the universe’s most extraordinary phenomena—an enigmatic cosmic explosion that has left scientists in awe. This event, ...

Galileo Galilei, the first modern scientist, was a lone wolf. With his tiny refractor telescope and many nights of solo observations, Galileo dramatically altered the trajectory of human culture. But ...

With some regularity, I get asked the difference between astronomy and astrophysics. I suppose I’m a good person to ask: Of my three degrees, two of them are in “astronomy and astrophysics”. But what ...

Based on a list compiled by the American Institute of Physics, UNG had 19 physics graduates in 2023-24. As impressive as ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State faculty member with more than a decade of service to the university is the new head of MSU’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. Professor Jeff Winger begins his ...