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cosmology
A study of the origin and nature of the world.
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The scientific study of the structure and evolution of the universe as a whole: Cosmology includes the natural sciences, particularly astronomy and physics, in a joint effort to understand the physical universe as a unified whole.
Cosmology is that branch of astronomy concerned with the origin, structure, content, and evolution of the universe.
Creation myths and the Big Bang are theories of cosmology.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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Science and Technology Words from the Ancient Past to the Present, Part 1
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