The history of astrophysics in China can be traced back to 1950s, when Peking University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tsinghua University and Fudan University all had astrophysics courses. These courses mainly study physical phenomena in the universe, such as galaxies, black holes, space-time bending and so on.

Astrophysics is a science that studies the movement, structure and evolution of matter and energy in the universe and their relationship with the universe. Its research contents include the formation and evolution of the universe, the formation and evolution of planets, the formation and evolution of galaxies, the formation and evolution of the Milky Way, the thermal evolution of the universe, the structure and evolution of the universe, the structure and evolution of matter in the universe, the structure and evolution of energy in the universe, the interaction between matter and energy in the universe, and the physical process of matter and energy in the universe.