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What cosmology and astronomy tell us

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Actually, it should be “What cosmology and astronomy  and astrophysics tell us”, but that would have been too long. This is the history of the universe, from almost 15 billion years ago until tomorrow.

We start with the beginning — the Big Bang.

Then on to the life of stars

Then galaxies, clusters and large-scale structures.

Then on to a new domain of study — geology.

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