Noun

The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author=Robert L. Dorit , title=Rereading Darwin , volume=100, issue=1, page=23 , magazine= citation , passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology , alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}

A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.

A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe.