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Astrophysics Is A Science That Employs The Methods and Principles of

Astrophysics is a branch of space science that uses physics and chemistry to understand celestial objects and phenomena, focusing on their nature rather than their positions. It overlaps with astronomy and cosmology, with astrophysics dealing with small to medium structures while cosmology addresses the universe as a whole. Key topics include the study of stars, galaxies, dark matter, and the universe's origin and fate, employing various physics disciplines in both theoretical and observational research.

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Astrophysics Is A Science That Employs The Methods and Principles of

Astrophysics is a branch of space science that uses physics and chemistry to understand celestial objects and phenomena, focusing on their nature rather than their positions. It overlaps with astronomy and cosmology, with astrophysics dealing with small to medium structures while cosmology addresses the universe as a whole. Key topics include the study of stars, galaxies, dark matter, and the universe's origin and fate, employing various physics disciplines in both theoretical and observational research.

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Astrophysics is a branch of space science that applies the laws of physics and

chemistry to explain the birth, life and death of stars, planets, galaxies, nebulae and
other objects in the universe. It has two sibling sciences, astronomy and cosmology,
and the lines between them blur. 

In the most rigid sense:

 Astronomy measures positions, luminosities, motions and other characteristics


 Astrophysics creates physical theories of small to medium-size structures in the universe
 Cosmology does this for the largest structures, and the universe as a whole. 
 Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics in the study
of astronomical objects and phenomena.[1][2] As one of the founders of the discipline said,
Astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the nature of the heavenly bodies, rather than their
positions or motions in space–what they are, rather than where they are."[3] Among the
subjects studied are the Sun, other stars, galaxies, extrasolar planets, the interstellar
medium and the cosmic microwave background.[4][5] Emissions from these objects are
examined across all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, and the properties examined
include luminosity, density, temperature, and chemical composition. Because astrophysics is
a very broad subject, astrophysicists apply concepts and methods from many disciplines of
physics, including classical mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical
mechanics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, relativity, nuclear and particle physics,
and atomic and molecular physics.
 In practice, modern astronomical research often involves a substantial amount of work in the
realms of theoretical and observational physics. Some areas of study for astrophysicists
include their attempts to determine the properties of dark matter, dark energy, black holes,
and other celestial bodies; and the origin and ultimate fate of the universe.[4] Topics also
studied by theoretical astrophysicists include Solar System formation and evolution; stellar
dynamics and evolution; galaxy formation and evolution; magnetohydrodynamics; large-
scale structure of matter in the universe; origin of cosmic rays; general relativity, special
relativity, quantum and physical cosmology, including string cosmology and astroparticle
physics.

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