The big bang wasn’t a bang in the traditional sense—but it was nonetheless the start of important things: for one, space; another, time. Thirdly, it began the conditions and processes that eventually ...

Scientists at the University of Waterloo have uncovered a bold new way to explain how the universe began—one that could reshape our understanding of the Big Bang. Instead of relying on ...

According to The Conversation, a new study published in Physical Review D challenges the common idea that the Big Bang was the start of everything. Instead, researchers suggest it might have been a ...

Dr. Niayesh Afshordi, professor at the University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute, draws the renormalization group flow for quadratic quantum gravity (University of Waterloo). Waterloo scientists ...