What is a Cosmologist?
A cosmologist is someone who studies the physical universe. Cosmologists are interested in how the universe formed, what is happening to the universe, and what the place of humans within the overall framework of the universe might be. People have long been interested in the nature of the universe, and cosmology has been a part of human life for thousands of years, but it only acquired a scientific bent more recently. Cosmologists are knowledgeable in several scientific fields. They usually have an extensive familiarity with physics, because physics knowledge is critical for grasping many concepts in cosmology. They also know astronomy, the science of identifying, naming, and describing the various objects in the universe. A cosmologist often works as an experimental scientist, testing hypotheses about the universe and making observations of the parts of the universe which are visible from Earth to find more avenues of exploration. A wide variety of theories about the nature of the univ
