cosmogony
Sign in to savethumb|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.
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Cosmogony is the study of how the universe began and came into existence, encompassing any scientific or philosophical model that explains the cosmos's origin. It matters because understanding the universe's beginnings helps us comprehend fundamental questions about reality itself, such as how everything we observe came to be.
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- Types
- Scientific cosmogenesis
- Initial singularity
- General relativity initial state
- Initial state theories
- Quantum cosmology
- Mythology
- Compared with cosmology
- See also
- References
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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.
== Types == While cosmogony generally refers to origin stories, the nature and subject of these stories varies with times and sources. Ancient Greece developed a cosmogony focused on the origin of matter, space, and time with a transition from Chaos to Cosmos. This was a form of "philosophical cosmogony" that is distinct from modern empirical science but which nevertheless dealt with many similar questions. Another type of cosmogony focuses on the formation and evolution of the Solar System. or sometimes the formation of galaxies. The standard cosmological model of the early development of the universe is the Big Bang theory, but it is based on a model known to fail at the very earliest times. Thus modern cosmogony is not generally a consequence of modern cosmology theories.