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Professor Quentin Parker, Chair of the APRIM2026 and Director of the HKU Laboratory for Space Research, noted that bringing ...

Mark Clampin (center), director of NASA's astrophysics division, will serve as acting deputy associate administrator of science for the next year. Credit: NASA GSFC/Rebecca Roth WASHINGTON — ...

The B.S. in astronomy & astrophysics at UW offers students an adventurous course of study in astronomical objects—from stars to black holes to solar systems—and their properties and functions. The ...

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