Answer:
A. investigates the overall structure and history of the Universe.
Explanation:
Astronomy is the branch of natural science that studies the objects of a celestial nature.
Cosmology is a part of astronomy that examines the origin and the how the universe changes with the passage of time. The model which is widely accepted as how the universe came into being is the Lambda-CDM model.
According to the Lambda-CDM model the universe consists of cold dark matter, matter and dark energy.