Is astrophysics the right path for me in grad school?

[JasonZ]

Hi,

I am an undergrauate in physics right now, and I am trying to figure out where I want to focus my attention when I go into grad school. I have always been really intrigued by space/astronomy and figured astrophysics would be a natural progression of that.

At my university there happens to be no astrophysics department so I was wondering if there is someone here who has worked in that field, and would be willing to tell me some things about it.

Some questions I have are:

I know that there are new things coming out of astrophysics all the time right now, but what kind of research is mostly done?

Outside of doing research at a university what type of jobs are there in astrophysics (aside from obvious places such as NASA).

Thanks in advance,
-Jason

 

[Phobos]

Welcome to Physics Forums!

Try this website for starters...
http://itss.raytheon.com/cafe/qadir/acareer.html

You're on the right track being in physics. Try talking to your advisor too for ideas about grad schools.

 

[JasonZ]

thanks a lot, hope to stay around these forums.