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BIG BANG THEORY
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Cosmology
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astrology
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astronomy
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evolutionary biology
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cosmology is a branch of astronomy that involves the origin and evolution of the universe, from the Big Bang to today and on into the future. According to NASA (opens in new tab), the definition of cosmology is “the scientific study of the large scale properties of the universe as a whole."
Detailed explanation-2: -It began as a branch of theoretical physics through Einstein’s 1917 static model of the universe (Einstein 1917) and was developed in its early days particularly through the work of Lemaître (1927). As recently as 1960, cosmology was widely regarded as a branch of philosophy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cosmology is a branch of science which studies the evolution of our universe. A scientist who studies cosmology is called a cosmologist. Cosmologists want to know what the universe was like billions of years ago.