Astrophysics

Japanese: astrophysics
Astrophysics

...It covers planets, the solar system, the sun, stars, galaxies, galaxy clusters, and even the universe as a whole. In Europe and the United States, the term "cosmic physics" is not often used, and astrophysics is used instead. In this case, the academic field that discusses the entire universe from a global perspective is distinguished as cosmology.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "astrophysics" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…惑星,太陽系,太陽,恒星,銀河,銀河団,さらにそれらの総体としての宇宙までを対象にする。欧米では,宇宙物理学cosmic physicsという言葉はあまり用いられず,むしろ天体物理学astrophysicsが用いられる。この場合,宇宙全体を大局的に論ずる学問分野は,宇宙論cosmologyとして区別される。…

※「astrophysics」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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