Physical cosmology is a branch of cosmology concerned with the study of cosmological models. A cosmological model, or simply cosmology, provides a description...

In the science of astronomy, cosmology is concerned with the study of the chronology of the universe. Physical cosmology is the study of the observable...

In physical cosmology, cosmic inflation, cosmological inflation, or just inflation, is a theory of exponential expansion of space in the early universe...

Brane cosmology refers to several theories in particle physics and cosmology related to string theory, superstring theory and M-theory. The central idea...

statistically significant. A 2016 study compared isotropic and anisotropic cosmological models against WMAP and Planck data and found no evidence for anisotropy...

astronomy" and even as the "father of cosmology" as a result of his works to explain the origin and makeup of the physical universe. He is regarded as the most...

questions of classical physical cosmology, particularly those related to the first phases of the universe. Classical cosmology is based on Albert Einstein's...

inclusive than a strictly scientific cosmology (physical cosmology and quantum cosmology) in that religious cosmology is not limited to experiential observation...

In physical cosmology, fractal cosmology is a set of minority cosmological theories which state that the distribution of matter in the Universe, or the...

the universe consists of a multitude of galaxies. The modern era of physical cosmology began in 1917, when Albert Einstein first applied his general theory...

p. 187. Mukhanov, V. F. (2005), Physical Foundations of Cosmology, p. 58. Ryden, Barbara, "Introduction to Cosmology", 2006, eqn. 5.25, 6.41 Padmanabhan...

A black hole cosmology (also called Schwarzschild cosmology or black hole cosmological model) is a cosmological model in which the observable universe...

Loop quantum cosmology (LQC) is a finite, symmetry-reduced model of loop quantum gravity (LQG) that predicts a "quantum bridge" between contracting and...

A non-standard cosmology is any physical cosmological model of the universe that was, or still is, proposed as an alternative to the then-current standard...

instruments such as telescopes and cosmic ray detectors. The science of physical cosmology as it is practiced today had its subject material defined in the years...

Distance measures are used in physical cosmology to give a natural notion of the distance between two objects or events in the universe. They are often...

the physical universe is thus without any first beginning, and therefore eternal. Siger's views were condemned by the pope in 1277. Cosmological expansion...

Conformal cyclic cosmology (CCC) is a cosmological model in the framework of general relativity and proposed by theoretical physicist Roger Penrose. In...

noteworthy contributions to cosmology (the study of the history and large-scale structure of the universe) and their cosmological achievements Tom Abel (1970–)...

anisotropic? (more unsolved problems in physics) In modern physical cosmology, the cosmological principle is the notion that the spatial distribution of...

A cyclic model (or oscillating model) is any of several cosmological models in which the universe follows infinite, or indefinite, self-sustaining cycles...

In cosmology, recombination refers to the epoch during which charged electrons and protons first became bound to form electrically neutral hydrogen atoms...

Universe the origin of cosmic rays general relativity and physical cosmology, including string cosmology and astroparticle physics. Modern theoretical astronomy...

Plasma cosmology is a non-standard cosmology whose central postulate is that the dynamics of ionized gases and plasmas play important, if not dominant...

The Big Bounce hypothesis is a cosmological model for the origin of the known universe. It was originally suggested as a phase of the cyclic model or oscillatory...

last two-plus millennia. Modern cosmological ideas follow the development of the scientific discipline of physical cosmology. For millennia, what today is...

problems in physics) An inhomogeneous cosmology is a physical cosmological theory (an astronomical model of the physical universe's origin and evolution) which...

The measure problem in cosmology concerns how to compute the ratios of universes of different types within a multiverse. It typically arises in the context...

In standard cosmology, comoving distance and proper distance (or physical distance) are two closely related distance measures used by cosmologists to...

contemporary cosmology. It implies that the purpose of the universe is to give rise to intelligent life, with the laws of nature and their fundamental physical constants...