Astrophysics

The field of science known as astrophysics included the observation of astronomical objects such as nebulae and black holes. During the High Republic Era, the Nihil Doctor Zadina Mkampa studied astrophysics. The doctor applied what she had learned in the field of study to build light intensifiers that allowed her to control the Drengir, a species of sentient plants, by having the devices emulate the wavelengths of light given off by the sun of the Drengir's homeworld.

By 41 BBY, a Jedi Master specializing in astrophysics began training a Padawan, Jape, in the field, with the latter quickly grasping the concepts of the field. After being rescued off the planet Vallt in 21 BBY, the scientist Galen Walton Erso visited the Institute of Applied Science's astrophysics building on the planet Coruscant. By the time of the Imperial Era, the Cerberon system's government expended resources to have those knowledgeable in astrophysics—known as astrophysicists—study the system's black hole, the Cerberon singularity.

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