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cosmology

[koz-mol-uh-jee] / kɒzˈmɒl ə dʒi /
NOUN
theory of the universe
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Roger Romani of Stanford University and the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology is one of the world's leading experts on black widow systems.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

Katie Mack, an astrophysicist who holds the Hawking Chair in Cosmology and Science Communication at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Ontario, says that these findings provide clarity on various uncertainties surrounding quasar behavior.

From Scientific American • Jul. 19, 2023

“This is the most exciting period of my recent life,” Casey Papovich of Texas A&M University, College Station, told astronomers last week at a meeting at the Kavli Institute for Cosmology in Cambridge, England.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 27, 2023

In 1934, Tolman published his book "Relativity, Thermodynamics, and Cosmology," inspired in part by the descriptions of an expanding universe model first proposed by Edwin Hubble in 1929.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2023

“I am the Regius Professor of Cosmology at the University of Gloucester. Who are you?”

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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