Cosmogony
is any theory of the origin of the
universe
.
[1]
[2]
[3]
The
Big Bang
theory states that the universe originally expanded from a point.
In
astronomy
, cosmogony is the study of the origin of things like the universe, the
Solar System
, or the Earth?Moon system.
[1]
[2]
The popular
cosmological
model
for the birth of the
universe
is the
Big Bang
theory.
[4]
It is generally accepted that the universe began as a
singularity
, and when the singularity of the universe started to expand, the Big Bang occurred, which began the universe.
People disagree on the origins of the
singularity
.
[5]
It may be like a
black hole
, which is a singularity since
gravity
in a black hole becomes boundless.
Others like
Stephen Hawking
say "time" did not exist and was only born with the universe. Hence the universe does not have an origin story. Time did not exist before the creation of the universe.
[5]
[6]
There is currently no theoretical model that explains the earliest moments of the universe's existence (during the
Planck time
). This is because we lack a testable theory of
quantum gravity
. Still, some researchers in
string theory
,
M theory
, and loop quantum cosmology have some ideas.
[7]
[8]
There are certain myths that also propose how the universe was created: for example
creation myths
in the
Bible
, the
Dao De J?ng
, and other genesis stories. These usually involve
- a
supreme being
or god
- birth via sex between male and female gods
- or birth via the cosmic egg
[9]
The Eridu Genesis, written on Sumerian tablets, is one of the oldest creation myths. The universe was created from a sea (Abzu).
[10]
[11]
In
Greek mythology
,
Zeus
created the universe from
chaos
.
[12]
Aztec creation has four versions of earth being created and destroyed, before settling the fifth and current earth. In Bushongo creation, the great god Bumba vomited up the sun, then the earth and everything else.
It is not the same as cosmology
[
change
|
change source
]
Cosmology
studies the universe in general. You can still study the universe without thinking about its origin, which is what cosmonogy studies specifically.
[4]
[6]
[13]
- ↑
1.0
1.1
Ridpath, Ian (2012).
A Dictionary of Astronomy
.
Oxford University Press
.
- ↑
2.0
2.1
Woolfson, Michael Mark
(1979). "Cosmogony Today".
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
.
20
(2): 97?114.
Bibcode
:
1979QJRAS..20...97W
.
- ↑
Staff.
"γ?γνομαι - come into a new state of being"
.
Tufts University
. Retrieved
17 September
2014
.
- ↑
4.0
4.1
Wollack, Edward J. (10 December 2010).
"Cosmology: The Study of the Universe"
.
Universe 101: Big Bang Theory
.
NASA
. Archived from
the original
on 14 May 2011
. Retrieved
27 April
2011
.
- ↑
5.0
5.1
Carroll, Sean (28 April 2012).
"A Universe from Nothing?"
.
Science for the Curious
. Archived from
the original
on 10 May 2016
. Retrieved
22 April
2019
.
- ↑
6.0
6.1
Carroll, Sean; Carroll, Sean M. (2003).
Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity
. Pearson.
- ↑
"String Theory/Holography/Gravity"
.
Center for Theoretical Physics
. Retrieved
20 April
2019
.
- ↑
Becker, Katrin; Becker, Melanie; Schwartz, John (2007).
String Theory and M-Theory
. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑
Long, Charles.
"Creation Myth"
.
Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
20 April
2019
.
- ↑
"Eridu Genesis Mesopotamia Epic"
.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 20 July 1998
. Retrieved
30 April
2019
.
- ↑
Morris, Charles (1897). "The Primeval Ocean".
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
.
49
: 12?17.
JSTOR
4062253
.
- ↑
Thury, Eva; Devinney, Margaret (2017).
Introduction to Mythology Contemporary Approaches to Classical and World Myths, 4th ed
. Madison Avenue, New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 4, 187.
- ↑
Smeenk, Christopher; Ellis, George (Winter 2017).
"Philosophy of Cosmology"
. Retrieved
30 April
2019
.