# Astrophysics

> Astrophysics applies the laws of physics to understand celestial objects and phenomena, from the formation of stars and planets to the large-scale structure and evolution of the universe.

*Source: [https://selltoscientists.com/fields/astrophysics/](https://selltoscientists.com/fields/astrophysics/)*

**Researcher count:** 32,000
**Average funding:** $420K

## Subfields

- Cosmology
- Exoplanet Science
- High-Energy Astrophysics
- Gravitational Wave Astronomy
- Stellar Evolution

## Key technologies

- Space Telescopes
- Radio Interferometry
- Gravitational Wave Detectors
- Supercomputer Simulations
- Adaptive Optics

## Top institutions

- Caltech
- Princeton
- Cambridge
- Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
- MIT

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