Cosmogony

epic poem by John Milton

thumb|The Big Bang theory of modern cosmology postulates the universe evolved from a hot dense state. Cosmogony, also spelled as cosmogeny, or cosmogenesis, is any model concerning the origin of the cosmos or the universe.

symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it

overview of formation and evolution of the Solar System

time elapsed since the universe came into being

alternative to the Big Bang model of the evolution of the universe

thumb | right | alt=This is a mosaic from Johannisstraße, Trier dating to the early third century AD, showing the Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Anaximander of Miletus holding a sundial. | A mosaic from Johannisstraße, Trier, dating to the early third century AD, showing the Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Anaximander of Miletus holding a sundial. Apeiron (; ) is a Greek word meaning '(that which is) unlimited; boundless; infinite; indefinite' from a- 'without' and peirar 'end, limit; boundary', the Ionic Greek form of peras 'end, limit, boundary'.

6th-century BCE Greek mythographer and proto-philosopher

astronomical theory that the Solar System formed from nebulous material

myth that purports to describe the origin of some feature of the natural or social world

book by Lawrence Krauss

metaphysical question

1755 essay by Immanuel Kant