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'''Astrophysics''' is a branch of [[astronomy]] that deals with the [[physics]] of [[astronomical objects]] in the [[universe]]. One who studies in this field is known as an '''[[Astrophysicist|astrophysicist]]'''.
 
'''Astrophysics''' is a branch of [[astronomy]] that deals with the [[physics]] of [[astronomical objects]] in the [[universe]]. One who studies in this field is known as an '''[[Astrophysicist|astrophysicist]]'''.
   
== Significant events in astrophysics ==
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== Events in or related to astrophysics ==
   
 
*In [[2267]], [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] ordered [[Commander]] [[Spock]] to check with the electromagnetic section of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}'s astrophysics lab to get a total estimate of energy being expended against the ship by [[Vaal]]. ({{TOS|The Apple}})
 
*In [[2267]], [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] ordered [[Commander]] [[Spock]] to check with the electromagnetic section of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}'s astrophysics lab to get a total estimate of energy being expended against the ship by [[Vaal]]. ({{TOS|The Apple}})
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*The astrophysics department aboard the USS ''Enterprise''-D used a newly upgraded [[sensor array]], dubbed the "La Forge sensor array", which was used to conduct scans of the [[Amargosa Diaspora]] in [[2369]]. ({{TNG|Schisms}})
 
*The astrophysics department aboard the USS ''Enterprise''-D used a newly upgraded [[sensor array]], dubbed the "La Forge sensor array", which was used to conduct scans of the [[Amargosa Diaspora]] in [[2369]]. ({{TNG|Schisms}})
   
 
*Dr. Crusher tried to save seven living tissue samples from her [[sickbay]] on the ''Enterprise'', which was due to undergo a [[baryon sweep]], which killed living lifeforms. Captain Picard told her to arrange with [[Geordi La Forge]] to beam a [[stasis unit]] from the ship's astrophysics lab to the [[Arkaria Base]] to save the tissue samples. ({{TNG|Starship Mine}})
*Later, when [[Q]] took Picard through an [[alternate timeline]] in which he was not stabbed in his [[heart]] by [[Nausicaan]]s, Picard was stationed on the ''Enterprise''-D in 2369 as a [[lieutenant junior grade]] and was the assistant astrophysics officer. ({{TNG|Tapestry}})
 
 
*Also that year, Dr. Crusher tried to save seven living tissue samples from her [[sickbay]] on the ''Enterprise'', which was due to undergo a [[baryon sweep]], which killed living lifeforms. Captain Picard told her to arrange with [[Geordi La Forge]] to beam a [[stasis unit]] from the ship's astrophysics lab to the [[Arkaria Base]] to save the tissue samples. ({{TNG|Starship Mine}})
 
   
 
*In [[2370]], [[Counselor]] [[Deanna Troi]], while taking [[Iyaaran]] [[Ambassador]] [[Loquel]] on a tour of the ''Enterprise'' explained that one of the decks they were on was devoted to [[stellar cartography]], biological research and astrophysics. ({{TNG|Liaisons}})
 
*In [[2370]], [[Counselor]] [[Deanna Troi]], while taking [[Iyaaran]] [[Ambassador]] [[Loquel]] on a tour of the ''Enterprise'' explained that one of the decks they were on was devoted to [[stellar cartography]], biological research and astrophysics. ({{TNG|Liaisons}})
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*While recording his [[first officer's log]] aboard ''Voyager'' in [[2373]], Commander [[Chakotay]] said that the crew didn't understand the astrophysics behind [[Q (female)|Q]]'s plan to allow ''Voyager'' to enter the [[Q Continuum]]. ({{VOY|The Q and the Grey}})
 
*While recording his [[first officer's log]] aboard ''Voyager'' in [[2373]], Commander [[Chakotay]] said that the crew didn't understand the astrophysics behind [[Q (female)|Q]]'s plan to allow ''Voyager'' to enter the [[Q Continuum]]. ({{VOY|The Q and the Grey}})
 
*In 2373, [[Ensign]] [[Hickman]] was stationed in astrophysics on the USS ''Voyager''. ({{VOY|Scorpion}})
 
   
 
*While surveying a copy of [[Starfleet Headquarters]] created by [[Species 8472]] in [[2375]], Chakotay said they had recreated all the details of headquarters, including the [[Federation Council]], Astrophysics, the [[Starfleet Medical]] complex and the [[Quantum Café]]. ({{VOY|In the Flesh}})
 
*While surveying a copy of [[Starfleet Headquarters]] created by [[Species 8472]] in [[2375]], Chakotay said they had recreated all the details of headquarters, including the [[Federation Council]], Astrophysics, the [[Starfleet Medical]] complex and the [[Quantum Café]]. ({{VOY|In the Flesh}})
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
*[[Astrophysicist]]
 
*[[Astrophysicist]]
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*[[Physics]]
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*[[Astronomy]]
   
 
== External link ==
 
== External link ==

Revision as of 20:46, 26 January 2011

Astrophysics is a branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of astronomical objects in the universe. One who studies in this field is known as an astrophysicist.

Events in or related to astrophysics

  • Later that year, Captain Kirk asked Spock to investigate a rogue comet that astrophysics reported passed by Gamma Hydra IV sometime before the crew of the Enterprise discovered the colonists of the planet had become elderly in a short time. (TOS: "The Deadly Years")

See also

External link