Abstract: With the development of Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA), the laser power density has increased dramatically, which makes the conditions for using short-pulse lasers to conduct laboratory astrophysics research increasingly mature. A short pulse laser interacting with a target can produce relativistic particles (electrons, protons, neutrons) and intense radiation (X-ray, gamma-ray). These processes in experiments correspond to some extreme astronomical phenomena. The developments of laboratory astrophysics using short-pulse lasers are briefly introduced, such as (1) nuclear processes in astrophysical objects; (2) spectral studies of hollow ions; (3) collisionless shock waves; and (4) diagnostics. These developments demonstrate the potential of short-pulse lasers for performing a number of experiments in the realms of laboratory astrophysics.