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Astronomy & Astrophysics

An arch on Princeton campus.
An arch on Princeton campus. Photo: William Thomas Cain (Getty Images)

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Humans have studied the cosmos for millennia, but modern technology has supercharged that research, allowing us to understand the origins of galaxes and the expansion of the universe. The No. 1 school on our list for astronomy and astrophysics is Princeton University, where astronomers and astrophysicists have been involved with many groundbreaking astrophysical investigations. Princeton researchers contributed to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Webb Space Telescope, and the future Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey for Space and Time. The astrophysics department also has strong ties with the nearby Institute for Advanced Study and the Simons Foundation’s Center for Computational Astrophysics.

The top honorees in astronomy and astrophysics are:

1. Princeton University

2. California Institute of Technology

3. University of Chicago

View the full list for Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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