The BS Physics Program in the School of Physics and Astronomy offers a comprehensive curriculum that provides a solid foundation in experimental, computational, and theoretical physics, emphasizing ...

The astronomy immersion provides students with the opportunity for additional study in astronomy in order to build a secondary area of expertise in support of their major or other areas of interest.

Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, where the pursuit of scientific discovery and innovation meets cutting-edge research and academic excellence. Our ...

One of the great scientific ideas of the 20th century astronomy was the discovery that there are other galaxies out there—stretching as far as our great telescopes can see. Billions of other ...

The Copernicus text, published in 1543, is one of only 276 copies that survived through the centuries. Originally written in the 13th century, Sacrobosco's "De sphaera mundi (On the Sphere of the ...

Some view Hubble's discovery as the most important event in astronomy in the century. It made the most basic change in our view of the world since Copernicus 400 years ago. His results showing ...

Unusual signals from pulsating radio sources have been recorded at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. The radiation seems to come from local objects within the galaxy, and may be associated ...