Cosmology
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Cosmology is the study of the large-scale properties of the universe as a whole, including its physical structure, history (i.e., origin and development), and possible futures.
Scientific cosmology
The scientific approach to cosmology encompasses several related fields of science:
- Astronomy — direct observation of "the heavens", which began (most likely) very early in the history of humankind and eventually led to relatively accurate mathematical models of wikipedia:planetary motion in the solar system
- Mechanics — increasingly accurate models of the behavior of matter in the universe as a whole, including Newton's laws of motion and Einstein's theory of relativity
- Particle physics — needed to explain the behavior of matter in the early universe in the Big Bang model of the origin of the universe
- Wikipedia:Relativity
Metaphysical and religious cosmology
This section is not yet written.
Cosmological arguments for the existence of God
There is also a class of related philosophical arguments for the existence of God called cosmological arguments.
