id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3897 Cosmogony - Wikipedia .html text/html 1488 215 64 In astronomy, cosmogony refers to the study of the origin of particular astrophysical objects or systems, and is most commonly used in reference to the origin of the universe, the Solar System, or the Earth–Moon system.[1][2] The prevalent cosmological model of the early development of the universe is the Big Bang theory.[4] Sean M. Carroll, who specializes in theoretical cosmology and field theory, explains two competing explanations for the origins of the singularity, which is the center of a space in which a characteristic is limitless.[5] An example of this is when the black hole reaches a point of singularity and gravity, as the characteristic of this space becomes boundless. Before cosmogony had roots in scientific theories, creation myths were used to provide explanations for the origin story of the universe. Cosmogony can be distinguished from cosmology, which studies the universe at large, its existence and does not inquire directly into the source of its origins. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3897.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3897.txt