the science dealing with the structure of the universe as a whole and of its related parts: geology, geography, and astronomy are branches of cosmography
Origin:
ME cosmographie < LL cosmographia < Gr kosmographia, description of the world: see cosmo- & -graphy
The study of the visible universe that includes geography and astronomy.
A general description or depiction of the world or universe: “a full-blown cosmography in which Earth is ‘the garbage dump of the universe’”(Mark Muro).