宾夕法尼亚州立大学埃伯里分校的天文学与天体物理学（ASTRO）专业涉及宇宙的科学研究。在ASTRO专业的头两年中，您将在物理，数学，天文学和化学领域获得扎实的基础。在随后的几年中，您会收到一系列有关天体物理学，观测方法，星系和宇宙学，高能天体物理学和计算方法等主题的高级课程。该系的入门天文学课程是大学中非理科专业最受欢迎的一些科学课程，其入学率是该国所有天文学课程中最高的。同时，面向天文学和天体物理学专业的学生的本科课程竞争激烈，它定期将其毕业生选拔到天文学的顶尖研究生课程。本科专业和研究生都是宾夕法尼亚
Astronomy involves the study of the properties, physical nature and origins of the planets, stars, galaxies and universe as a whole. It involves development of instrumentation, observations of celestial objects with ground- and space-based telescopes, and interpretation of findings using the mathematical laws of physics such as gravity, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. The undergraduate major provides a strong and broad foundation in mathematics, physical science and computation as well as a detailed understanding of modern astronomy. Many research opportunities are available to complement the formal classwork. Graduates proceed to advanced degrees in astronomy and other sciences, and into a wide variety of technical professions.<br>Astronomy and Astrophysics is the study of the fundamental problems of the nature and evolution of our Universe. Astronomy and Astrophysics includes topics ranging from the most distant and powerful objects in the universe, quasars and gamma ray bursts, to the origins of chemical elements in stars, to planets, both in our solar system and in orbit around other stars.