as in universe
the whole body of things observed or assumed an essay that ponders the place of humankind in the vast cosmos

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Recent Examples of cosmos Our solar system, once thought to be the blueprint for all planetary systems, now stands as just one of countless possibilities—a unique configuration in a cosmos teeming with variety. Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025 The name reflects the lunar rover's mission and practical value in aiding the Chinese people to uncover the mysteries of the moon, which is in line with China's yearning to explore the vast cosmos, develop the space industry and build itself into a space power, CMSA said in a statement. Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025 The standard model is our basic picture of a cosmos dominated by cold dark matter and dark energy, operating under the province of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025 So far, the VLT has allowed astronomers to trace orbits of stars in the nearest vicinity of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, taken the first ever image of a planet outside the solar system and uncovered the elusive cosmic web that sprawls across the entire cosmos. Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cosmos

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“Cosmos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosmos. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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