Fire-Explosion Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I am wondering, where, when and how do we apply astrophysics in real life? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vioh Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I am wondering, where, when and how do we apply astrophysics in real life? Google will give you this: https://www.iau.org/public/themes/astronomy_in_everyday_life/Try to read to the very end as it has lots of good materials. I'd also like to add one more thing to the article, which is that the study of astrophysics helps us understand solar storms and their effects on Earth. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Physics Tutor Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 (edited) There are quite a few concepts that are useful in the astrophysics option. Knowing them will facilitate understanding certain ideas in other areas of physics. For example, Wien's law gives the relationship between peak wavelength emitted by a black body and its temperature. your body is at 37C, so you actually are emitting Infra Red light (examples of applications: night goggles, animals hunting at night like snakes see this radiation...). To my grand disappointment, in the new program, they removed one of the main cornerstones of physics: Thermodynamics. Astrophysics does give you a glimpse of it (applied to celestial body.) The concept of intensity (W/m2) is heavily used in astrophysics and is essential in acoustics, medical physics, waves, environmental sciences etc... Understanding star spectras is a great introduction to spectral analysis (atomic physics, chemistry) Besides, it's also super interesting :-)! Edited March 17, 2016 by Physics Tutor 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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