Cosmos The cosmos (, ; ) is an alternative name for the universe or its nature or order. Usage of the word ''cosmos'' implies viewing the universe as a complex and orderly system or entity. The cosmos is studied in cosmologya broad discipline covering ...

generally refers to an orderly or harmonious system. Cosmos or Kosmos may also refer to:

Space

* ''

Cosmos 1 Cosmos 1 was a project by Cosmos Studios and The Planetary Society to test a solar sail in space. As part of the project, an uncrewed solar-sail spacecraft named ''Cosmos 1'' was launched into space at 19:46:09 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC ...

'', a privately funded solar sail spacecraft project *

Cosmic Evolution Survey The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) is a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Treasury Project to survey a two square degree equatorial field with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The largest survey ever undertaken by HST, the project incorpora ...

(COSMOS), a Hubble Space Telescope Treasury Project *

Kosmos (rocket family) The Kosmos (also spelled Cosmos, Russian language, Russian: ) rockets were a series of Soviet Union, Soviet and subsequently Russian rockets, derived from the R-12 Dvina, R-12 and R-14 Chusovaya, R-14 missiles, the best known of which is the Kos ...

, a series of Soviet/Russian rockets *

Kosmos (satellite) Kosmos (, , meaning ) is a designation given to many satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia. Kosmos 1, the first spacecraft to be given a Kosmos designation, was launched on 16 March 1962. History The first Soviet sat ...

, a series of Soviet/Russian satellites *

Universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents. It comprises all of existence, any fundamental interaction, physical process and physical constant, and therefore all forms of matter and energy, and the structures they form, from s ...

, synonymous with cosmos * COSMOS field, an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope

Places

* Cosmos, Minnesota, United States * Cosmos, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Kosmos, South Africa, a village in North West Province * Kosmos, Washington, an unincorporated community in Washington, United States

Books

* ''Cosmos'' (serial novel), a 17-chapter serial novel published in ''Science Fiction Digest'' (later ''Fantasy Magazine'') in 1933 - 1934 * ''Cosmos'' (Humboldt book), a scientific treatise by Alexander von Humboldt * ''Cosmos'' (Gombrowicz novel), a 1965 novel by Witold Gombrowicz * ''Cosmos'' (Sagan book), a 1980 book by Carl Sagan based on the documentary series * ''The Kosmos Trilogy'', a series of philosophy books by

Ken Wilber Kenneth Earl Wilber II (born January 31, 1949) is an American theorist and writer on transpersonal psychology and his own integral theory, a four-quadrant grid which purports to encompass all human knowledge and experience. Starting publishing ...

* ''Cosmos'' (Onfray book), a 2015 book by Michel Onfray

Journals

* ''Cosmos'' (Australian magazine), an Australian popular science magazine * ''COSMOS'' (journal), the scientific journal of the Singapore National Academy of Science * '' Cosmos: A Journal of Emerging Issues'', an annual essay collection published by the Cosmos Club, 1990–2004 * ''Cosmos. Problems of Biological Sciences'' (originally ''Kosmos. Problemy Nauk Biologicznych''), the scientific journal of the Polish Copernicus Society of Naturalists * '' Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy'', a four-isuue science fiction magazine edited by David G. Hartwell in 1977

Comics

* Cosmo, a Fairy Godparent from ''

The Fairly OddParents ''The Fairly OddParents'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner, a 10-year-old boy with two Fairy godmother, fairy godparents named List of The Fai ...

'' animated series * Cosmo, a plant character from the ''

Sonic X is a Japanese anime television series based on Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game series. Produced by TMS Entertainment under partnership with Sega and Sonic Team, and directed by Hajime Kamegaki, ''Sonic X'' initially ran for 52 ep ...

'' animated series * ''Cosmos'' (manga), a manga series * COSMOS (''Spriggan''), an organization in the anime ''Spriggan'' * Cosmos (''Transformers'') * Cosmos, a character and deity in the video game ''

Dissidia Final Fantasy is a 2008 fighting game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable as part of the campaign for the ''Final Fantasy'' series's 20th anniversary. It was released in Japan on December 18, 2008, in North America on August 2 ...

'' (2008) * Cosmos, a supercomputer in the book ''

George's Secret Key to the Universe ''George's Secret Key to the Universe'' is a 2007 children's book written by Lucy Hawking, Lucy and Stephen Hawking with Christophe Galfard. Upon its release, the book received mixed reviews, and was followed by five sequels, ''George's Cosmic T ...

'' (2007) *

Kosmos (Marvel Comics) The Beyonder () is a fictional cosmic entity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Jim Shooter and artist Mike Zeck, the Beyonder first appeared in ''Secret Wars'' #1 (May 1984) as an unseen, nigh-omnipote ...

KOS-MOS ( recursive acronym for Kosmos Obey Strategical Multiple Operation System) is a fictional character from the ''Xenosaga'' role-playing video game series by Monolith Soft and Bandai Namco Entertainment. KOS-MOS also appears as a major character ...

, a ''Xenosaga'' character * Sailor Cosmos, a ''Sailor Moon'' character

Film and TV

Films

* ''Cosmos'' (1996 film), a Canadian film * ''Cosmos'' (2010 film), a Turkish film * ''Cosmos'' (2015 film), a French film directed by Andrzej Żuławski, based on the novel by Gombrowicz * ''Cosmos'' (2019 film), a British film

Television

* '' Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'' (1980), a 13-part documentary television series presented by Carl Sagan ** '' Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey'' (2014), a sequel to ''Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'' presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson ** '' Cosmos: Possible Worlds'' (2020), a sequel to ''Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey'' presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson * PLP (TV channel), formerly known as Cosmos, a local radio and television station serving Elis, southwestern Greece * '' Ultraman Cosmos'', a Japanese TV series

Music

Classical

*''Cosmos'', a 1961 composition for two pianos by Péter Eötvös *"Cosmus", a 1921–1922 pair of art songs by

Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor, and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he d ...

Groups

* Cosmos (band), a 2002–2010 Latvian a capella band * Cosmos, a house music project of DJ Tom Middleton * Cosmos, a 1980s Japanese jazz fusion group featuring Keiko Doi * Cosmos, a 2002 Japanese music duo featuring Sachiko M and Ami Yoshida

Albums

* ''Cosmos'' (B.I album) or the title song, 2021 * ''Cosmos'' (Buck-Tick album) or the title song, 1996 * ''Cosmos'' (Lou Donaldson album), 1971 * ''Cosmos'' (McCoy Tyner album) or the title track, 1977 * ''Cosmos'' (Rogério Skylab album), 2020 * ''Cosmos'' (The Send album), 2007 * ''Cosmos'' (Sun Ra album) or the title track, 1977 * ''Cosmos'' (Zombi album), 2004 * ''Cosmos'', by

Yuji Ohno is a Japanese jazz musician. Ohno is known for his musical scoring of Japanese anime television series, particularly ''Lupin III'', and most famously the 1977 series '' Lupin III Part II'' and the feature film '' The Castle of Cagliostro''. E ...

, 1981 * ''K.O.S.M.O.S'', by Valensia, 1996

Songs

* "Kosmos" (song), by Antic Cafe, 2004 *"Cosmos", by Paul Epworth from '' Voyager'', 2020 *"Kosmos", by Paul Weller from ''

Paul Weller John William Weller (born 25 May 1958), better known as Paul Weller, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame in the late 1970s as the guitarist and principal singer and songwriter of the rock band the Jam, alongside ...

'', 1992 *"Cosmos", by Will Sergeant, 1995

Companies

* Cos.Mo.S, an Italian firm who made swimmer delivery vehicles for

frogmen A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater. The term often applies more to professional rather than recreational divers, especially those working in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some Europea ...

to ride * Cosmos, a coach company, part of Globus family of brands * Cosmos Books, an imprint of

Wildside Press Wildside Press is an independent publishing company in Cabin John, Maryland. It was founded in 1989 by John Betancourt and Kim Betancourt. While the press was originally conceived as a publisher of speculative fiction in both trade and limite ...

* Cosmos Holidays, UK independent tour operator *

Kosmos (company) A/S Kosmos was a shipping and industrial company from Sandefjord. It was founded in 1928 by Anders Jahre, Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr. and Anton Barth von der Lippe as Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos A/S. In 1949 Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos A/S (A/S Kosmos) ...

, a Norwegian shipping company * Kosmos (publisher), a publisher of books, toys and games * Kosmos Airlines, a Russian airline * Kosmos Energy, an oil company

Computing and technology

* Azure Cosmos DB, a database by Microsoft, previously called DocumentDB * Cosmos (operating system), a framework aimed for creating .NET (mostly C#)-based operating systems * COSMOS (telecommunications), a distribution frame record-keeping system * COS/MOS, a family of integrated circuits * COSMOS, a

molecular modelling Molecular modelling encompasses all methods, theoretical and computational, used to model or mimic the behaviour of molecules. The methods are used in the fields of computational chemistry, drug design, computational biology and materials scien ...

software package * Cosmos, developer of a database based on the

Pick operating system The Pick Operating System, also known as the Pick System or simply Pick, is a demand-paged, multi-user, virtual memory, time-sharing computer operating system based around a MultiValue database. Pick is used primarily for business data processin ...

Sport

New York Cosmos (1970–85) New York Cosmos may refer to * New York Cosmos (1970–1985) The New York Cosmos (simply the Cosmos in 1977–1978) were an American professional association football, soccer club based in New York City and its suburbs. The team played home ...

, an American soccer club based in New York City *

New York Cosmos (2010) The New York Cosmos is an American professional soccer club based in Uniondale, New York, that most recently played in the third-tier league National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). The organization, established in August 2010, is a ...

, an American soccer club based in New York City * AM Cosmos Ljubljana, a Slovenian football club from 1992 to 1993; since renamed to

NK Ljubljana Nogometni klub Ljubljana (), commonly referred to as NK Ljubljana or simply Ljubljana, was a Slovenian football club based in the capital city of Ljubljana. The club was established in 1909 and dissolved in 2005. History Foundation The club wa ...

* Canberra Cosmos FC, a former Australian football based in Canberra * Cosmos de Bafia, a Cameroonian football club based in Bafia * Jomo Cosmos F.C., a South African football club based in Johannesburg * OR Tambo Cosmos, a South African football club based in Mthatha * S.S. Cosmos, a Sanmarinese football club * Umbelebele Jomo Cosmos F.C., a Swazi football club based in Mbabane * Cosmos FK, a Swedish football club based in

Östersund Östersund (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...

Other uses

* Cosmos (category theory), a complete and cocomplete symmetric closed monoidal category in mathematics * ''Cosmos'' (plant), a genus of plants in the daisy family * Kosmos (political party), a Greek political party * Cosmos (standard), certification requirements for organic and natural cosmetics in Europe *

COSMOS cohort study COSMOS is a cohort study of mobile phone use and health. The study will investigate the possible health effects of long-term use of mobile phones and other wireless technologies. It is an international study being conducted in five European countr ...

, a medical investigation of mobile phone health risks * Atari Cosmos, a game system * California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science *

International Cosmos Prize The International Cosmos Prize was established in 1993, commemorating Expo '90 in Osaka, Japan. The objective of the prize was to develop the basic concept of Expo '90, "The Harmonious Coexistence between Nature and Humankind" and is awarded by t ...

* USC&GS ''Cosmos'', an American survey ship * Cosmos Nickel Mine, a mine in Western Australia * Oshan Cosmos, a minivan produced by Changan Oshan