Cosmogony

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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. The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. - Goldsmith.

Noun

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cosmogony - the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe Synonyms: cosmogeny, cosmology

astrophysics, big bang, big bang theory, big-bang theory, CBR, closed universe, CMB, CMBR, cosmic background radiation, cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background radiation, cosmogeny, cosmology, dark matter, Hubble constant, Hubble's constant, inflation, nebular hypothesis, planetesimal hypothesis, ylem