Astrophysics
noun
The part of science that studies stars, planets, galaxies, and everything in the universe, using physics.
She wants to study astrophysics to learn more about stars and galaxies.
Often appears as...
- study astrophysics
- astrophysics research
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The part of science that studies stars, planets, galaxies, and everything in the universe, using physics.
She wants to study astrophysics to learn more about stars and galaxies.
Often appears as...
- study astrophysics
- astrophysics research
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Astrophysics is often associated with universities and advanced study; it's seen as scholarly.
He's giving a lecture on astrophysics at the university next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Complexity
The word suggests a complex, specialized field; it's not used for basic discussions about space.
Astrophysics equations can be hard to solve without a strong math background.
Pro Tip 3/3Research Oriented
Astrophysics commonly implies active research and discovery, not just learning known facts.
She's published several papers in astrophysics journals.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Astrophysics is often associated with universities and advanced study; it's seen as scholarly.
He's giving a lecture on astrophysics at the university next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Complexity
The word suggests a complex, specialized field; it's not used for basic discussions about space.
Astrophysics equations can be hard to solve without a strong math background.
Pro Tip 3/3Research Oriented
Astrophysics commonly implies active research and discovery, not just learning known facts.
She's published several papers in astrophysics journals.
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Astrophysics is often associated with universities and advanced study; it's seen as scholarly.
He's giving a lecture on astrophysics at the university next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Complexity
The word suggests a complex, specialized field; it's not used for basic discussions about space.
Astrophysics equations can be hard to solve without a strong math background.
Pro Tip 3/3Research Oriented
Astrophysics commonly implies active research and discovery, not just learning known facts.
She's published several papers in astrophysics journals.
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geek credentials are coming along all right I said let's go back in time how much of a geek were you as a kid well he was grew up on a farm and all of this pit peanut farm that's all real but he went to the Navy he learned nuclear physics and he taught astrophysics when
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and, later, x-rays and radio signals, all from the same impact. That became the most studied event in the history of astronomy. It yielded a treasure trove of data that’s helped pin down the speed of gravity, bolster important theories in astrophysics,
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and we'll all be dead! Martin Rees has recently written a book about our vulnerability to all sorts of things, from astrophysics, to scientific experiments gone wrong, and most importantly, to terrorism with weapons of mass destruction.
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which, by the way, also an ocean world -- it’s that all life requires liquid water to survive. So we Could there be life in these other oceans as well? There’s other possibilities, too. Let’s consider astronomy and astrophysics.
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E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
to go as far as you can. The world needs you, badly. Humanity is now fully into the techno-scientific age. There is going to be no turning back. Although varying among disciplines -- say, astrophysics,
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explaining concepts from astrophysics that can sometimes challenge our earthbound hominid brains or at least my brain but she has another gift too a rare ability to connect these vast ideas
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Deep Thoughts with Neil...
we've known as educators that astrophysics can be a gateway science to other Sciences so I submit to you whether or not you embrace the universe
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NASA's Achievements PIPE...
guys really want I want to know a if there's life on Mars I think that's the single most important question in all of science right now not just biology not just astrophysics and allow me to broaden that and say you we want to know if there's life anywhere other than Earth of course yes
Video examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
geek credentials are coming along all right I said let's go back in time how much of a geek were you as a kid well he was grew up on a farm and all of this pit peanut farm that's all real but he went to the Navy he learned nuclear physics and he taught astrophysics when
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
and, later, x-rays and radio signals, all from the same impact. That became the most studied event in the history of astronomy. It yielded a treasure trove of data that’s helped pin down the speed of gravity, bolster important theories in astrophysics,
Video examples
David Deutsch: Chemical...
and we'll all be dead! Martin Rees has recently written a book about our vulnerability to all sorts of things, from astrophysics, to scientific experiments gone wrong, and most importantly, to terrorism with weapons of mass destruction.
Video examples
SpaceX's Supersized...
which, by the way, also an ocean world -- it’s that all life requires liquid water to survive. So we Could there be life in these other oceans as well? There’s other possibilities, too. Let’s consider astronomy and astrophysics.
Video examples
E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
to go as far as you can. The world needs you, badly. Humanity is now fully into the techno-scientific age. There is going to be no turning back. Although varying among disciplines -- say, astrophysics,
Video examples
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
explaining concepts from astrophysics that can sometimes challenge our earthbound hominid brains or at least my brain but she has another gift too a rare ability to connect these vast ideas
Video examples
Black Holes PIPE National...
time traveller was just about to strike gold Richard Gott is a professor of astrophysics here at Princeton University he searched the universe to find anything that could warp space-time
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Thinking your way out of...
AHA they were drunk or maybe you've said if I can do it how hard can it be I actually heard he got a if I can get a PhD in astrophysics from Caltech anybody
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Deep Thoughts with Neil...
we've known as educators that astrophysics can be a gateway science to other Sciences so I submit to you whether or not you embrace the universe
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Kate Mulgrew
American Actress
I've had young women come to me and say that before they watched 'Voyager' it didn't really occur to them that they could be successful in a higher position in the field of science; girls going to MIT, girls pursuing astrophysics with a view to a career in NASA.
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Heidi Hammel
American Scientist
Every field of astrophysics - whether it's our local neighborhood of planets, nearby stars and their attendant planets, galaxies, clusters of galaxies, out to the edge of the universe - every field has questions that are awaiting the power of Hubble.
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James Gunn
American Director
The popularity of fantasy surpassing science fiction and the popularity of apocalyptic fiction, particularly for young adults, may indicate a desire to escape a more difficult and confusing reality, even in astrophysics and particle physics.
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Paul Davies
British Writer
General relativity is the cornerstone of cosmology and astrophysics. It has also provided the conceptual basis for string theory and other attempts to unify all the forces of nature in terms of geometrical structures.
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Hannes Alfven
Swedish Scientist
I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs.
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Chelsea Clinton
American Celebrity
At the fourth grade level, girls at the same percentages of boys say they're interested in careers in engineering or math or astrophysics, but by eighth grade that has dropped precipitously.
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Werner Heisenberg
German Physicist
I would like to mention astrophysics; in this field, the strange properties of the pulsars and quasars, and perhaps also the gravitational waves, can be considered as a challenge.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about.
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Steve Kazee
American Actor
I'm a person who's very interested in science and the universe and quantum physics and astrophysics.
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David Hewlett
English Actor
When a kid says 'I'm in astrophysics at school because of your character' that's amazing to me.
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Kate Mulgrew
American Actress
I've had young women come to me and say that before they watched 'Voyager' it didn't really occur to them that they could be successful in a higher position in the field of science; girls going to MIT, girls pursuing astrophysics with a view to a career in NASA.
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Heidi Hammel
American Scientist
Every field of astrophysics - whether it's our local neighborhood of planets, nearby stars and their attendant planets, galaxies, clusters of galaxies, out to the edge of the universe - every field has questions that are awaiting the power of Hubble.
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James Gunn
American Director
The popularity of fantasy surpassing science fiction and the popularity of apocalyptic fiction, particularly for young adults, may indicate a desire to escape a more difficult and confusing reality, even in astrophysics and particle physics.
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Paul Davies
British Writer
General relativity is the cornerstone of cosmology and astrophysics. It has also provided the conceptual basis for string theory and other attempts to unify all the forces of nature in terms of geometrical structures.
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Hannes Alfven
Swedish Scientist
I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs.
Quote examples
Chelsea Clinton
American Celebrity
At the fourth grade level, girls at the same percentages of boys say they're interested in careers in engineering or math or astrophysics, but by eighth grade that has dropped precipitously.
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Werner Heisenberg
German Physicist
I would like to mention astrophysics; in this field, the strange properties of the pulsars and quasars, and perhaps also the gravitational waves, can be considered as a challenge.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about.
Quote examples
Steve Kazee
American Actor
I'm a person who's very interested in science and the universe and quantum physics and astrophysics.
Quote examples
David Hewlett
English Actor
When a kid says 'I'm in astrophysics at school because of your character' that's amazing to me.
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