• Publishes original research articles, letters, case reports, reviews/mini-reviews and guest edited thematic issues on various topics related to Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Aims and Scope

The section Astronomy and Astrophysics of the journal Current Physics publishes original research articles, letters, reviews/mini-reviews, and guest-edited thematic issues on various topics covering the entire range of astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology. Publications in the section constitute the original work directly related to the techniques, instrumentations, observations, data analysis, and theoretical research. Submissions in the following area are of special interest to the readers of the journal:


  • Infrared and ultraviolet astronomy
  • Large-scale structures in the universe
  • Optical astronomy
  • Origin and dynamics of the galactic cosmic rays
  • Properties of the dark matter, dark energy, and black holes
  • Radio astronomy
  • Stellar dynamics and evolution
  • Study of gravitational waves
  • X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy
  • Section Editor-in-Chief

    Valeriy Tenishev
    Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
    The University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, MI
    United States

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