astrophysics

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"It'll be exciting, you know, in a slightly scary way, when they go behind the moon," Derek Buzasi, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

"But those are just simulations, not the real universe. Now we have a foundation which can let us know if some of the astrophysics underpinning those simulations is correct."

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

"The UK punches above its weight in scientific impact and in space-related industry," said Chris Lintott, professor of astrophysics at Oxford University.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Dark stars are among the most intriguing theoretical objects in modern astrophysics.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

By this time, too, astrophysics had moved on so much that few astronomers wanted to devote their lives to anything as mundane as rocky planetoids.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson