• Question: What is astrophysics?

    Asked by Saemmie to Phil on 10 Mar 2017.
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      Phil Sutton answered on 10 Mar 2017:


      Astrophysics is where we use physics to study how stars, planets and galaxies might have formed. For me astrophysics is the best area of physics as we use what happens on the small scales to explain some of the biggest and most energetic events in the universe.

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