Can anyone tell me the difference between the COSMOS, UNIVERSE, and GALAXIES?

Answer 1

Cosmos and universe are synonyms for what otherwise might be described as "all of creation".

Galaxies are large, gravity-bound groupings of stars.

Answer 2

Universe and Cosmos (or Kosmos) both derive from a time and literature in which the notion of the 3-Story Creation was common; that is, sort of a three-layer cake with the Heavens at the top, the World, or Universe in the middle, and the Underword, (called "hades" and other familiar names) underneath.

The World or Universe was the space between the surface of the earth and the Firmament, which was the divider between the world and the Heavens. The stars and planets and other sky phenomena were considered part of the world, because they were on "our" side of the firmament.

UNIVERSE is the Latin word for the space between earth and the firmament. We have continued to use the term for the equivalent space after knowing that the firmament does not exist.

KOSMOS, or COSMOS is the Greek word for the same thing. The Greek word did in fact mean "order, ornament, &c., &c." but the more common meaning of the word, especially in New Testament and Hellenic language, was "world" as in "equivalent to universe."

This is related to the reason some other countries call their astronauts "cosmonauts." Russian is much closer to Greek than American is.

Finally, a GALAXY is a large star cluster organized by gravitational forces. The UNIVERSE or COSMOS contains hundreds of billions, or perhaps an infinite number of GALAXIES.

Answer 3

The Universe contains all the galaxies and gases and all the other heavenly bodies that are out there.
The Cosmos is just another way of saying The Universe.
A Galaxy Is a group of stars and solar systems. Like when you see a picture of a spiral looking heavenly body...that is a galaxy.
Our solar system is part of what we call the Milky Way galaxy.

Answer 4

The universe is the 3d space 1d time continuum we live in. There are many multidimensional universes which are "parallel" to ours, in a way.

The cosmos, is part of our universe, the sky, stars etc, the perfect order of the universe in a way.

Galaxies are clusters of stars within the cosmos within the universe we live in.
The milky way is our galaxy.

Answer 5

Galay: Groups of stars, dust and gas, grouped together and bound by gravity. Billions of galaxys exist within the Universe. Universe: (all matter and energy that exists) or Cosmos (all matter and energy that exists, thought of as an orderly unit, a whole)

Answer 6

Actually everythink you see around you is subatomical particles, that are like pixcells on Monitor , so pretty much we are like a game we are spiritually somewhere els, but we are stuck in a game where we are controling the body through our spiritual signals as a joystic would. just play some kind of a game and you will realize what i am talking about... Everybody on this planet is programed to a different frequency , basically everybody is playing different games at once,, Get it.. the rest i can not say, There is Time for every think as we are 4th dimensional beings experiencing 3rd dimensional reality. through our magnetic electrical brain frequencies....... :)

Answer 7

COSMOS:

In its most general sense, a cosmos is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from a Greek term κόσμος meaning order, arrangement, ornaments. The word cosmetics originates from the same root. The study of the cosmos (from whatever perspective) is termed "cosmology".

When used as an absolute, the term cosmos is considered to include all that exists, whether it has been discovered or not. In theology the term can be used to denote the created universe, not including God. In philosophical use the word "absolute", cosmos and universe can be employed synonymously to include all that exists. In physical sense it is often used in a technical way, referring to a space-time continuum; see physical cosmology.

The view of cosmos as "nature as self-sufficient, self-governing body" is in sharp contrast to the view of nature as merely mechanism for the growth of humans. In the cosmos world view, man is a part of nature, whereas in the mechanism world view, man dominates nature, it in turn bends to his will.

The philosopher Ken Wilber uses the term kosmos to refer to all of manifest existence, including various realms of consciousness. The term kosmos is used to distinguish this nondual universe (which, on his view, includes both noetic and physical aspects) from the strictly physical universe that is the concern of the traditional ("narrow") sciences and which is widely associated with the term cosmos.

UNIVERSE:

The term universe has a variety of meanings, based on the context in which it is used. In strictly physical terms, the total universe is the summation of all matter that exists and the space in which all events occur or could occur. The part of the universe that can be seen or otherwise observed to have occurred is usually called the known universe, observable universe, or visible universe. Because cosmic inflation removes vast parts of the total universe from our observable horizon, most cosmologists accept that it is impossible to observe the whole continuum and may use the expression our universe, referring to only that which is knowable by human beings in particular. In cosmological terms, the universe is thought to be a finite or infinite space-time continuum in which all matter and energy exist. Some scientists hypothesize that the universe may be part of a system of many other universes, known as the multiverse.

GALAXIES:

A galaxy is a huge gravitationally bound system of stars, interstellar gas and dust, plasma, and (possibly) unseen dark matter. Typical galaxies contain ten million to one trillion (107 to 1012) stars, all orbiting a common center of gravity. In addition to single stars and a tenuous interstellar medium, most galaxies contain a large number of multiple star systems and star clusters as well as various types of nebulae. Most galaxies are several thousand to several hundred thousand light years in diameter and are usually separated from one another by distances on the order of millions of light years.

Although theoretical dark matter appears to account for around 90% of the mass of most galaxies, the nature of these unseen components is not well understood. There is some evidence that supermassive black holes may exist at the center of many, if not all, galaxies.

Intergalactic space, the space between galaxies, is filled with a tenuous plasma with an average density less than one atom per cubic meter. There are probably more than a hundred billion (1011) galaxies in our observable universe.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

my big m8 loves galaxies