宇宙學年表是人類在過去兩千多年來對於宇宙認識的發展記錄。現代宇宙學的思想遵循科學學科物理宇宙學的發展。
The simple observation that the night sky is dark allows far-reaching conclusions to be drawn about the large-scale structure of the universe. This was already realized by J. Kepler (1610), E. Halley (1720), J.-P. Loy de Chesaux (1744), and H. W. M. Olbers (1826).
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