Stories by Niayesh Afshordi

Niayesh Afshordi is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Waterloo and an associate faculty member in cosmology and gravitation at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research and teaching focus on astrophysics, cosmology and the physics of gravity. Credit: Nick Higgins

The Sciences

The Black Hole at the Beginning of Time

Is the big bang, and all that came from it, a holographic mirage from another dimension?

November 28, 2015 — Niayesh Afshordi, Robert B. Mann and Razieh Pourhasan

Space

Whispers from Creation

The recent discovery of gravitational waves emerging from the big bang may point a way forward

August 13, 2014 — Niayesh Afshordi, Robert B. Mann and Razieh Pourhasan

Space

The Black Hole That Birthed the Big Bang

Is the big bang, and all that came from it, a holographic mirage from another dimension?

July 15, 2014 — Niayesh Afshordi, Robert B. Mann and Razieh Pourhasan