Cosmology
The astrophysical study of the history, structure, and dynamics of the
universe.
Cosmology is the academic discipline that
seeks to understand the origin, evolution, structure, and ultimate fate of the Universe at large, as well as the natural laws that
keep it in order.Modern cosmology is dominated by the BigBang theory,
which brings together observational astronomy and particle
physics.
Although the word cosmology is recent (first used in 1730 in Christian Wolff's Cosmologia
Generalis), the study of the universe has a long history involving science,philosophy, esotericism and religion. Related
studies include cosmogony, which
focuses on the origin of the Universe, and cosmography, which
maps the features of the Universe. Cosmology is also connected to astronomy.
However, they are contrasted in that while the former is concerned with the
Universe in its entirety, the latter deals with individual celestial
objects.
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