Most current models of the Big Bang rely on general relativity along with additional elements that are introduced to make the theory fit observations. In contrast, this new framework provides a more ...

Scientists at the University of Waterloo have uncovered a bold new way to explain how the universe began—one that could ...

A team of physicists have proposed a new idea for uniting quantum mechanics and gravity, which they believe could explain the ...

A peer-reviewed paper published in The European Physical Journal C presents a modification to Einstein’s general relativity ...

A Gravity Theory That Could Rewrite the Universe’s First Moments The first fraction of a second after the Big Bang has always ...

The Big Bang refers to that gigantic explosion responsible for setting up the universe to grow into the world we observe ...

Physicists at the University of Waterloo and the Perimeter Institute have proposed a new model for the origin of the universe ...

A radical new theory regarding the origin of the universe suggests that gravitational waves, tiny ripples in spacetime first predicted by Albert Einstein back in 1915, could have given rise to cosmic ...

Researchers at Waterloo have developed a novel approach to understanding how the universe originated, which could reshape ...

Researchers say a new theory tackling the Big Bang could reshape how physicists think about the earliest moments of cosmic history.

Researchers from the University of Waterloo and the Perimeter Institute have proposed a new theoretical framework that ...

While smashing lead atoms into each other at extremely high speeds in an effort to mimic the state of the universe just after ...