cosmos
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Rather than representing a universal blueprint, its orderly structure could be just one example among many wildly different planetary arrangements in the cosmos.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Gravity may shape the cosmos, but it is surprisingly weak compared to the other fundamental forces of nature.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Eventually, science slipped the shackles of heresy and astronomers revolutionized our understanding of Earth’s place in the cosmos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
More than 2,000 years ago, a debate raged between atomist philosophers—who thought the cosmos comprised infinite atoms, arranged into infinite worlds, some inhabited like ours—and those who believed Earth was unique.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Aloft, floating free beneath the moist, gleaming membrane of bright blue sky, is the rising earth, the only exuberant thing in this part of the cosmos.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing cosmos
Elements of the Universe: Cosm, Cosmo ("Universe")
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Oh, My Stars! The Language of Outer Space
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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