Review of Progress Toward the Decadal Survey Vision in New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics

在发现的推动下，在技术和想象力的飞跃下，我们对宇宙的理解在过去的几十年里发生了巨大的变化。天文学和天体物理学领域继续与物理学、化学、生物学和计算机科学建立新的联系。实现这些科学机会取决于维持和加强研究事业的基础。在美国国家科学院物理与天文委员会和空间研究委员会的主持下，以“天文学和天体物理学的新世界、新视野”十年调查为基础，成立了十年中期委员会，以确定天文学和天体物理学界关注的问题，并为联邦机构提供有关天文学和天体物理学研究项目的指导，以鼓励该领域的发展。科学进步。十年中期委员会的活动旨在向更广泛的科学界和公众传播支助机构的资料，并向机构官员提供以社区为基础的投入。委员会将收集来自天文学、天体物理学和物理界的意见。此外，委员会成员将与机构官员、国会工作人员以及天文学和天体物理学界的其他成员就与该研究相关的主题进行接触。

Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the Universe has changed dramatically over the course of the last few decades. The fields of astronomy and astrophysics continue to create new connections to physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science. Realizing these scientific opportunities is contingent upon maintaining and strengthening the foundations of the research enterprise. With the decadal survey New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics as a basis, the Mid-Decadal Committee, formed with this award under the auspices of the Board on Physics and Astronomy and the Space Studies Board at the National Academy of Sciences, will identify issues of concern to the astronomy and astrophysics community and provide guidance to federal agencies regarding their astronomy and astrophysics research programs in order to encourage the field?s scientific progress.The activities of the Mid-Decadal Committee serve to disseminate information from the supporting agencies into the broader scientific community and the public, as well as provide the agency officials with community-based input. The committee will gather input from the astronomy, astrophysics, and physics communities. Additionally, members of the committee will engage with agency officials, congressional staff, and other members of the astronomy and astrophysics community on topics relevant to the study.