Niayesh Afshordi
@nafshordi.bsky.social
Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, He/him, Brother of the Night's Watch 🏰🐉, Professor @uwaterloo and @Perimeter
https://nafshordi.com/
https://nafshordi.com/
What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning at all?
On Nov 10 @ 6:30 PM ET, I’ll join Lisa Randall at @harvard.edu Science Book Talks to discuss my new book Battle of the Big Bang.
science.fas.harvard.edu/event/harvar...
(1/3)
On Nov 10 @ 6:30 PM ET, I’ll join Lisa Randall at @harvard.edu Science Book Talks to discuss my new book Battle of the Big Bang.
science.fas.harvard.edu/event/harvar...
(1/3)
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning at all?
On Nov 10 @ 6:30 PM ET, I’ll join Lisa Randall at @harvard.edu Science Book Talks to discuss my new book Battle of the Big Bang.
science.fas.harvard.edu/event/harvar...
(1/3)
On Nov 10 @ 6:30 PM ET, I’ll join Lisa Randall at @harvard.edu Science Book Talks to discuss my new book Battle of the Big Bang.
science.fas.harvard.edu/event/harvar...
(1/3)
🎃 Haunted Cosmology Celtic Tour: Dublin & Edinburgh 🕯️
This October, Phil and I are taking our ghost-hunting into the heart of cosmology.
Join us for a journey through cosmic ghosts, phantoms, and monsters — not from folklore, but from the deepest mysteries of physics.
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This October, Phil and I are taking our ghost-hunting into the heart of cosmology.
Join us for a journey through cosmic ghosts, phantoms, and monsters — not from folklore, but from the deepest mysteries of physics.
(1/4)
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🎃 Haunted Cosmology Celtic Tour: Dublin & Edinburgh 🕯️
This October, Phil and I are taking our ghost-hunting into the heart of cosmology.
Join us for a journey through cosmic ghosts, phantoms, and monsters — not from folklore, but from the deepest mysteries of physics.
(1/4)
This October, Phil and I are taking our ghost-hunting into the heart of cosmology.
Join us for a journey through cosmic ghosts, phantoms, and monsters — not from folklore, but from the deepest mysteries of physics.
(1/4)
Time is running out to apply for our workshop:
"50 years of the black hole information paradox: November 3 -7 , 2025"
at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
scgp.stonybrook.edu/archives/45328
"50 years of the black hole information paradox: November 3 -7 , 2025"
at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
scgp.stonybrook.edu/archives/45328
August 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Time is running out to apply for our workshop:
"50 years of the black hole information paradox: November 3 -7 , 2025"
at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
scgp.stonybrook.edu/archives/45328
"50 years of the black hole information paradox: November 3 -7 , 2025"
at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
scgp.stonybrook.edu/archives/45328
#BattleoftheBigBang is having a party 🥳
August 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
#BattleoftheBigBang is having a party 🥳
How could we be stuck in a cosmic Groundhog Day?
Listen to our latest discussion on #BattleoftheBigBang
w/ @whattheif.bsky.social and @philhalper.bsky.social
Listen to our latest discussion on #BattleoftheBigBang
w/ @whattheif.bsky.social and @philhalper.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
How could we be stuck in a cosmic Groundhog Day?
Listen to our latest discussion on #BattleoftheBigBang
w/ @whattheif.bsky.social and @philhalper.bsky.social
Listen to our latest discussion on #BattleoftheBigBang
w/ @whattheif.bsky.social and @philhalper.bsky.social
Thank you very much Emma for taking this journey with us; I am glad and humbled that you enjoyed the #BattleoftheBigBang
May 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thank you very much Emma for taking this journey with us; I am glad and humbled that you enjoyed the #BattleoftheBigBang
#BattleoftheBigBang is finally here!
Take advantage of a 30% discount by using this discount code (UCPNEW) when ordering from:
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Take advantage of a 30% discount by using this discount code (UCPNEW) when ordering from:
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
May 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#BattleoftheBigBang is finally here!
Take advantage of a 30% discount by using this discount code (UCPNEW) when ordering from:
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Take advantage of a 30% discount by using this discount code (UCPNEW) when ordering from:
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
We advocate going around the singularity (i.e. branch point) in the complex plane within our construction, so technically, our only boundaries are also at infinities, one Euclidean, and the other Lorentzian.
December 6, 2024 at 12:21 AM
We advocate going around the singularity (i.e. branch point) in the complex plane within our construction, so technically, our only boundaries are also at infinities, one Euclidean, and the other Lorentzian.
We call these complex powerballs, and discuss their probabilistic interpretation.
What happens when you fall into a complex geometry? Will there be observable signatures in astronomical or gravitational waves? Great questions! TBD
Credit: Ruolin Liu (🥳 1st lead author paper) and Jerome Quintin 💪💪
What happens when you fall into a complex geometry? Will there be observable signatures in astronomical or gravitational waves? Great questions! TBD
Credit: Ruolin Liu (🥳 1st lead author paper) and Jerome Quintin 💪💪
December 4, 2024 at 11:53 PM
We call these complex powerballs, and discuss their probabilistic interpretation.
What happens when you fall into a complex geometry? Will there be observable signatures in astronomical or gravitational waves? Great questions! TBD
Credit: Ruolin Liu (🥳 1st lead author paper) and Jerome Quintin 💪💪
What happens when you fall into a complex geometry? Will there be observable signatures in astronomical or gravitational waves? Great questions! TBD
Credit: Ruolin Liu (🥳 1st lead author paper) and Jerome Quintin 💪💪
ChatGPT: Based on what you know of Niayesh Afshordi, draw a picture of what you think his life currently looks like
November 13, 2024 at 3:32 AM
ChatGPT: Based on what you know of Niayesh Afshordi, draw a picture of what you think his life currently looks like
I am thrilled to announce that, after many years of writing and rewriting alongside my dear friend and science communicator par excellence,
@skydivephil
, our popular science book:
“Battle of the Big Bang: New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins”
is now available for pre-order ... (1/3)
@skydivephil
, our popular science book:
“Battle of the Big Bang: New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins”
is now available for pre-order ... (1/3)
October 19, 2024 at 7:36 PM
I am thrilled to announce that, after many years of writing and rewriting alongside my dear friend and science communicator par excellence,
@skydivephil
, our popular science book:
“Battle of the Big Bang: New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins”
is now available for pre-order ... (1/3)
@skydivephil
, our popular science book:
“Battle of the Big Bang: New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins”
is now available for pre-order ... (1/3)
So long Rome, and thanks for all the fish! agenda.infn.it/event/37487/
Hello Kyoto! www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~gc2024/inde...
Hello Kyoto! www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~gc2024/inde...
February 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM
So long Rome, and thanks for all the fish! agenda.infn.it/event/37487/
Hello Kyoto! www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~gc2024/inde...
Hello Kyoto! www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~gc2024/inde...
create an image of a cosmologist who cannot sleep.
ChatGPT:
ChatGPT:
February 1, 2024 at 8:31 AM
create an image of a cosmologist who cannot sleep.
ChatGPT:
ChatGPT:
November 23, 2023 at 9:16 AM