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cosmos

[koz-mohs, -muhs] / ˈkɒz moʊs, -məs /


NOUN
ordered system
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The newer research extended the idea into biology, asking whether the same physical rules that shape the cosmos may also quietly determine whether cells can function.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

Future work will focus on harder-to-observe regions, helping build an even more detailed map of the cosmos.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 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

Time and again, the missions that matter most put a human face on the cosmos, allowing those watching from Earth to feel they too were along for the ride.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

While Einstein and Hubble were productively unraveling the large-scale structure of the cosmos, others were struggling to understand something closer to hand but in its way just as remote: the tiny and ever-mysterious atom.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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