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[td]'''Cosmogony''', also spelled as '''cosmogeny''',<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=Nature |volume=340 |issue=6228 |language=en |issn=0028-0836 |date=July 1989 |pages=17β18 |doi=10.1038/340017a0 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/340017a0 |title=The dichotomy of cosmogeny |first=Jonathan J. |last=Halliwell}}</ref> or '''cosmogenesis'''<ref>{{Cite book |isbn=978-0-19-802221-3 |title=Cosmogenesis: the growth of order in the universe |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=1990 |editor-first=David |editor-last=Layzer}}</ref> is any model concerning the origin of the [[cosmos]] or the [[universe]].<ref name="DicAstro2">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2012 |title=A Dictionary of Astronomy |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |last=Ridpath |first=Ian}}</ref><ref name="CosmoToday2">{{Cite journal |last=Woolfson |first=Michael Mark |author-link=Michael Woolfson |year=1979 |title=Cosmogony Today |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=97β114 |bibcode=1979QJRAS..20...97W}}</ref><ref name="TU-201409172">{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=Ξ³Ξ―Ξ³Ξ½ΞΏΞΌΞ±ΞΉ β come into a new state of being |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ge/gona&la=greek |access-date=17 September 2014 |website=[[Tufts University]]}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]== Overview ==[/td]
[td]== Scientific theories ==[/td] [td][/td] [td]=== Scientific theories ===[/td] [td]In [[astronomy]], cosmogony is the study of the origin of particular astrophysical objects or systems, and is most commonly used in reference to the origin of the universe, the [[Solar System]], or the [[EarthβMoon system]].<ref name="DicAstro2" /><ref name="CosmoToday2" /> The prevalent [[physical cosmology|cosmological]] [[scientific theory|model]] of the early development of the [[universe]] is the [[Big Bang]] theory.<ref name="Wollack">{{Cite web |last=Wollack |first=Edward J. |date=10 December 2010 |title=Cosmology: The Study of the Universe |url=http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514230003/http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/ |archive-date=14 May 2011 |access-date=27 April 2011 |website=Universe 101: Big Bang Theory |publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In [[astronomy]], cosmogony is the study of the origin of particular astrophysical objects or systems, and is most commonly used in reference to the origin of the universe, the [[Solar System]], or the [[EarthβMoon system]].<ref name="DicAstro2" /><ref name="CosmoToday2" /> The prevalent [[physical cosmology|cosmological]] [[scientific theory|model]] of the early development of the [[universe]] is the [[Big Bang]] theory.<ref name="Wollack">{{Cite web |last=Wollack |first=Edward J. |date=10 December 2010 |title=Cosmology: The Study of the Universe |url=http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514230003/http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/ |archive-date=14 May 2011 |access-date=27 April 2011 |website=Universe 101: Big Bang Theory |publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Despite the research, there is currently no theoretical model that explains the earliest moments of the universe's existence (during the [[Planck epoch]]) due to a lack of a testable theory of [[quantum gravity]]. Nevertheless, researchers of [[string theory]], its extensions (such as [[M-theory]]), and of [[loop quantum cosmology]], like [[Barton Zwiebach]] and Washington Taylor, have proposed solutions to assist in the explanation of the universe's earliest moments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=String Theory/Holography/Gravity |url=http://ctp.lns.mit.edu/research-strings.html |access-date=20 April 2019 |website=Center for Theoretical Physics}}</ref> Cosmogonists have only tentative theories for the early stages of the universe and its beginning. The proposed theoretical scenarios include [[string theory]], M-theory, the [[HartleβHawking state|HartleβHawking initial state]], [[emergent Universe]], [[String theory landscape|string landscape]], [[Inflation (cosmology)|cosmic inflation]], the [[Big Bang]], and the [[ekpyrotic universe]]. Some of these proposed scenarios, like the [[string theory]], are compatible,{{clarify|date=July 2025|reason=compatible with what? if each other, then cite at least two things}} whereas others are not.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Becker |first1=Katrin |title=String Theory and M-Theory |last2=Becker |first2=Melanie |author-link2=Melanie Becker|last3=Schwartz |first3=John |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2007 |location=Cambridge, UK}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Despite the research, there is currently no theoretical model that explains the earliest moments of the universe's existence (during the [[Planck epoch]]) due to a lack of a testable theory of [[quantum gravity]]. Nevertheless, researchers of [[string theory]], its extensions (such as [[M-theory]]), and of [[loop quantum cosmology]], like [[Barton Zwiebach]] and Washington Taylor, have proposed solutions to assist in the explanation of the universe's earliest moments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=String Theory/Holography/Gravity |url=http://ctp.lns.mit.edu/research-strings.html |access-date=20 April 2019 |website=Center for Theoretical Physics}}</ref> Cosmogonists have only tentative theories for the early stages of the universe and its beginning. The proposed theoretical scenarios include [[string theory]], M-theory, the [[HartleβHawking state|HartleβHawking initial state]], [[emergent Universe]], [[String theory landscape|string landscape]], [[Inflation (cosmology)|cosmic inflation]], the [[Big Bang]], and the [[ekpyrotic universe]]. Some of these proposed scenarios, like the [[string theory]], are compatible,{{clarify|date=July 2025|reason=compatible with what? if each other, then cite at least two things}} whereas others are not.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Becker |first1=Katrin |title=String Theory and M-Theory |last2=Becker |first2=Melanie |author-link2=Melanie Becker|last3=Schwartz |first3=John |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2007 |location=Cambridge, UK}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]=== Mythology ===[/td]
[td]== Mythology ==[/td] [td]{{Main|Creation myth}}[/td]
[td]{{Main|Creation myth}}[/td] [td][[File:Sumerian creation myth.jpg|thumb|The [[Library of Ashurbanipal|Sumerian tablet]] containing parts of the [[Eridu Genesis]]]][/td]
[td][[File:Sumerian creation myth.jpg|thumb|The [[Library of Ashurbanipal|Sumerian tablet]] containing parts of the [[Eridu Genesis]]]][/td]
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[td]'''Cosmogony''', also spelled as '''cosmogeny''',<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=Nature |volume=340 |issue=6228 |language=en |issn=0028-0836 |date=July 1989 |pages=17β18 |doi=10.1038/340017a0 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/340017a0 |title=The dichotomy of cosmogeny |first=Jonathan J. |last=Halliwell}}</ref> or '''cosmogenesis'''<ref>{{Cite book |isbn=978-0-19-802221-3 |title=Cosmogenesis: the growth of order in the universe |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=1990 |editor-first=David |editor-last=Layzer}}</ref> is any model concerning the origin of the [[cosmos]] or the [[universe]].<ref name="DicAstro2">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2012 |title=A Dictionary of Astronomy |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |last=Ridpath |first=Ian}}</ref><ref name="CosmoToday2">{{Cite journal |last=Woolfson |first=Michael Mark |author-link=Michael Woolfson |year=1979 |title=Cosmogony Today |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=97β114 |bibcode=1979QJRAS..20...97W}}</ref><ref name="TU-201409172">{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=Ξ³Ξ―Ξ³Ξ½ΞΏΞΌΞ±ΞΉ β come into a new state of being |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ge/gona&la=greek |access-date=17 September 2014 |website=[[Tufts University]]}}</ref>[/td]Revision as of 17:22, 3 September 2025
[/td][td]'''Cosmogony''', also spelled as '''cosmogeny''',<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=Nature |volume=340 |issue=6228 |language=en |issn=0028-0836 |date=July 1989 |pages=17β18 |doi=10.1038/340017a0 |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/340017a0 |title=The dichotomy of cosmogeny |first=Jonathan J. |last=Halliwell}}</ref> or '''cosmogenesis'''<ref>{{Cite book |isbn=978-0-19-802221-3 |title=Cosmogenesis: the growth of order in the universe |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=1990 |editor-first=David |editor-last=Layzer}}</ref> is any model concerning the origin of the [[cosmos]] or the [[universe]].<ref name="DicAstro2">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2012 |title=A Dictionary of Astronomy |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |last=Ridpath |first=Ian}}</ref><ref name="CosmoToday2">{{Cite journal |last=Woolfson |first=Michael Mark |author-link=Michael Woolfson |year=1979 |title=Cosmogony Today |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=97β114 |bibcode=1979QJRAS..20...97W}}</ref><ref name="TU-201409172">{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=Ξ³Ξ―Ξ³Ξ½ΞΏΞΌΞ±ΞΉ β come into a new state of being |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ge/gona&la=greek |access-date=17 September 2014 |website=[[Tufts University]]}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]== Overview ==[/td]
[td]== Scientific theories ==[/td] [td][/td] [td]=== Scientific theories ===[/td] [td]In [[astronomy]], cosmogony is the study of the origin of particular astrophysical objects or systems, and is most commonly used in reference to the origin of the universe, the [[Solar System]], or the [[EarthβMoon system]].<ref name="DicAstro2" /><ref name="CosmoToday2" /> The prevalent [[physical cosmology|cosmological]] [[scientific theory|model]] of the early development of the [[universe]] is the [[Big Bang]] theory.<ref name="Wollack">{{Cite web |last=Wollack |first=Edward J. |date=10 December 2010 |title=Cosmology: The Study of the Universe |url=http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514230003/http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/ |archive-date=14 May 2011 |access-date=27 April 2011 |website=Universe 101: Big Bang Theory |publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In [[astronomy]], cosmogony is the study of the origin of particular astrophysical objects or systems, and is most commonly used in reference to the origin of the universe, the [[Solar System]], or the [[EarthβMoon system]].<ref name="DicAstro2" /><ref name="CosmoToday2" /> The prevalent [[physical cosmology|cosmological]] [[scientific theory|model]] of the early development of the [[universe]] is the [[Big Bang]] theory.<ref name="Wollack">{{Cite web |last=Wollack |first=Edward J. |date=10 December 2010 |title=Cosmology: The Study of the Universe |url=http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514230003/http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/ |archive-date=14 May 2011 |access-date=27 April 2011 |website=Universe 101: Big Bang Theory |publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Despite the research, there is currently no theoretical model that explains the earliest moments of the universe's existence (during the [[Planck epoch]]) due to a lack of a testable theory of [[quantum gravity]]. Nevertheless, researchers of [[string theory]], its extensions (such as [[M-theory]]), and of [[loop quantum cosmology]], like [[Barton Zwiebach]] and Washington Taylor, have proposed solutions to assist in the explanation of the universe's earliest moments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=String Theory/Holography/Gravity |url=http://ctp.lns.mit.edu/research-strings.html |access-date=20 April 2019 |website=Center for Theoretical Physics}}</ref> Cosmogonists have only tentative theories for the early stages of the universe and its beginning. The proposed theoretical scenarios include [[string theory]], M-theory, the [[HartleβHawking state|HartleβHawking initial state]], [[emergent Universe]], [[String theory landscape|string landscape]], [[Inflation (cosmology)|cosmic inflation]], the [[Big Bang]], and the [[ekpyrotic universe]]. Some of these proposed scenarios, like the [[string theory]], are compatible,{{clarify|date=July 2025|reason=compatible with what? if each other, then cite at least two things}} whereas others are not.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Becker |first1=Katrin |title=String Theory and M-Theory |last2=Becker |first2=Melanie |author-link2=Melanie Becker|last3=Schwartz |first3=John |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2007 |location=Cambridge, UK}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Despite the research, there is currently no theoretical model that explains the earliest moments of the universe's existence (during the [[Planck epoch]]) due to a lack of a testable theory of [[quantum gravity]]. Nevertheless, researchers of [[string theory]], its extensions (such as [[M-theory]]), and of [[loop quantum cosmology]], like [[Barton Zwiebach]] and Washington Taylor, have proposed solutions to assist in the explanation of the universe's earliest moments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=String Theory/Holography/Gravity |url=http://ctp.lns.mit.edu/research-strings.html |access-date=20 April 2019 |website=Center for Theoretical Physics}}</ref> Cosmogonists have only tentative theories for the early stages of the universe and its beginning. The proposed theoretical scenarios include [[string theory]], M-theory, the [[HartleβHawking state|HartleβHawking initial state]], [[emergent Universe]], [[String theory landscape|string landscape]], [[Inflation (cosmology)|cosmic inflation]], the [[Big Bang]], and the [[ekpyrotic universe]]. Some of these proposed scenarios, like the [[string theory]], are compatible,{{clarify|date=July 2025|reason=compatible with what? if each other, then cite at least two things}} whereas others are not.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Becker |first1=Katrin |title=String Theory and M-Theory |last2=Becker |first2=Melanie |author-link2=Melanie Becker|last3=Schwartz |first3=John |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2007 |location=Cambridge, UK}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]=== Mythology ===[/td]
[td]== Mythology ==[/td] [td]{{Main|Creation myth}}[/td]
[td]{{Main|Creation myth}}[/td] [td][[File:Sumerian creation myth.jpg|thumb|The [[Library of Ashurbanipal|Sumerian tablet]] containing parts of the [[Eridu Genesis]]]][/td]
[td][[File:Sumerian creation myth.jpg|thumb|The [[Library of Ashurbanipal|Sumerian tablet]] containing parts of the [[Eridu Genesis]]]][/td]
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