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I’m interested in learning about what A Day in the Life is like for an Astrophysicist. So far I have learned about the more hardware design aspect of it, but I would also like to know how it is for the ones that mainly focus on space itself
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I did an astrophysics degree, then moved into a nuclear physics career instead, so a day in my life is tinkering with detectors, analysing data, and developing procedures and processes. I imagine that could easily be an actual career astrophysicist's day too (but with [perhaps very similar] detectors pointed at the sky rather than at radioactive stuff down here).
However, for the input of a proper astrophysicist, Dr Smethurst is an early-career astrophysicist at Oxford, UK, who also does some great videos on YouTube.
See "A day in the life of an Oxford University Astrophysicist"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW_qIqLhPkI&ab_channel=Dr.Becky
However, for the input of a proper astrophysicist, Dr Smethurst is an early-career astrophysicist at Oxford, UK, who also does some great videos on YouTube.
See "A day in the life of an Oxford University Astrophysicist"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW_qIqLhPkI&ab_channel=Dr.Becky