Astrophysics

About this course

Astrophysics addresses the grandest questions of natural science: how did the universe begin, how do stars form and die, what is dark matter, how do galaxies evolve, and is there life elsewhere in the cosmos? It applies the laws of physics, developed through centuries of experiment and theory, to the extraordinary phenomena observed in the universe, from the nuclear reactions in stellar cores to the warping of space-time around black holes. The curiosity that leads students to astrophysics, whether about the Higgs particle, dark matter, nanotechnology, or simply how things really work, is the same curiosity that drives scientific progress. At Royal Holloway this four-year, full-time programme develops your understanding of astrophysics within a physics department that aims to inform and excite you in the study of the most fundamental of the sciences. You will build from core physics, in

Where its graduates go

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