A letter signed by five senators asked the White House to request more funding for NASA and NSF astrophysics projects, such as NSF support for the Giant Magellan Telescope. Credit: Giant Magellan ...

Research and teaching funding for the discipline comes primarily from the Astronomical Sciences Division (AST) in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) Directorate, with additional support from ...

There are advantages and disadvantages to moving NSF’s astronomy and astrophysics responsibilities to NASA. Since each agency’s role in astronomy and astrophysics must be viewed in the context of its ...

Knowledge of astronomy and astrophysics is crucial to understanding some of the most fundamental questions of our universe. We cannot know the origins of anything—from galaxies to black holes to life ...

Dr. Diana Sachmpazidi joined the RIT School of Physics and Astronomy in 2024 after a postdoc at the PER group at University of Maryland College Park. She is a core member of RIT’s Physics Education ...

NASA has sent a whole host of spacecraft across the solar system and even beyond. They range from crewed ships to orbit and to the moon to robotic explorers. Among them are a range of mission classes ...

The Physics Department offers 4 undergraduate degree programs, as well as a minor for students not majoring in physics. Our majors can be thought of in terms of technical-focused and education-focused ...

After two decades of increases, the overall number of physics bachelor’s degrees awarded has declined for the fourth ...