Cosmology vs. Cosmogony

Cosmologynoun

The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.

Cosmologynoun

A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.

Cosmologynoun

A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe.

Cosmologynoun

The branch of science or philosophy dealing with the origin and nature of the universe as a whole.

Cosmologynoun

a treatise dealing with the original and structure of the universe.

Cosmologynoun

the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe

Cosmologynoun

the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe

Cosmology

Cosmology (from Greek κόσμος, kosmos and -λογία, -logia ) is a branch of astronomy concerned with the study of the origin and chronology of the universe. Physical cosmology is the study of the universe's origin, its large-scale structures and dynamics, and the ultimate fate of the universe, including the laws of science that govern these areas.The term cosmology was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's Glossographia, and in 1731 taken up in Latin by German philosopher Christian Wolff, in Cosmologia Generalis.Religious or mythological cosmology is a body of beliefs based on mythological, religious, and esoteric literature and traditions of creation myths and eschatology.

Cosmogonynoun

The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.

Cosmogonynoun

Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.

Cosmogonynoun

The creation of the universe.

Cosmogonynoun

The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.

Cosmogonynoun

the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe

Cosmogony

Cosmogony is any model concerning the origin of either the cosmos or the universe.