The Center for Astrophysical Sciences (CAS) within the William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University leads in research across the entire range of astrophysics, from cosmology to galactic structure to planets, using observational, numerical and theoretical methods. CAS astronomers, along with members of the neighboring Space Telescope Science Institute, jointly form one of the largest astrophysics communities in the United States. Some CAS astronomers are part of a cooperative program with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland, which provides further opportunities in high energy astronomy, infrared astronomy, and space instrumentation.
This research overview page summarizes research interests of our faculty and research staff in the following areas of focus:
- Cosmology
- Extragalactic Astronomy
- Galactic Astronomy
- Gravitational Wave Astronomy
- Exoplanets
- Numerical Simulations
- Large Datasets
- Instrumentation
- Group activities
CAS students have an opportunity to work on one of many long-term research projects, led by members of Johns Hopkins’ Cosmology and Gravity group and to participate in multi-institutional astrophysics programs such as:
- Prime Focus Spectrograph project
- New College Oxford-Johns Hopkins Center for Cosmological Studies
- Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS)
- Large Synoptic Survey Telescope