'''Cosmogony''', or '''cosmogeny''', is any [[theory]] concerning the coming into existence or origin of the [[universe]], or about how [[reality]] came to be. The word comes from the Greek ''κοσμογονία'' (or ''κοσμογενία''), from ''κόσμος'' "cosmos, the world", and the root of ''γί(γ)νομαι / γέγονα'' "to be born, come about". In the specialized context of space science and [[astronomy]], the term refers to theories of creation of (and study of) the Solar System. | '''Cosmogony''', or '''cosmogeny''', is any [[theory]] concerning the coming into existence or origin of the [[universe]], or about how [[reality]] came to be. The word comes from the Greek ''κοσμογονία'' (or ''κοσμογενία''), from ''κόσμος'' "cosmos, the world", and the root of ''γί(γ)νομαι / γέγονα'' "to be born, come about". In the specialized context of space science and [[astronomy]], the term refers to theories of creation of (and study of) the Solar System. |