The Royal Institution: Prof. Niyayesh Afshordi lecture on what really happened during the #BigBang iroon.com/irtn/vlog/55... #Cosmology #Physics #Science

#BattleoftheBigBang with @philhalper.bsky.social

Thanks @danfalk.bsky.social and @reviewcanada.bsky.social for this thoughtful review of our #BattleoftheBigBang @philhalper.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Why dark energy does not rule out a cyclic cosmos. @nafshordi.bsky.social and I debunk this commonly held myth in our new video www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHzo...

@chanda.bsky.social was my first PhD student, and this was my first PhD cake! She has now surpassed me in every way, and I couldn’t be prouder.

Thanks @chanda.bsky.social for the plug! @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Celebrate this anniversary with me by 1. Preordering my next book

I’m doing a public talk with @perimeterinstitute.ca in Waterloo! www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-the-un... (Tickets are free but you have to be quick — Eventbrite ticket reservations open at 9am Eastern Sep 2, which is in… 5 minutes)

What if scientists hadn’t waited until this point to speak about politics Every time I see a headline like this, my brain just shouts Like what if scientists hadn’t sat around silently watching everyone around them get attacked Maybe the fight on campus would have gone differently

The only prayer that matters when it comes to the regular and repeated murder of American children while they are at school is the kind of prayer that is taking action, the kind of prayer that materially fights for the living, the kind of prayer that says "never again" and means it, from MN to Gaza.

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

#BattleoftheBigBang @uchicagopress.bsky.social

This is one of the worst developments in higher education in an era of terrible developments. If faculty classroom speech is government speech, there’s no such thing as academic freedom. It would lead to a collapse of free inquiry and classical liberal education.

#BattleoftheBigBang is having a party 🥳

-- What Came Before The Big Bang? - The Latest Evidence -- (@nafshordi.bsky.social and @philhalper.bsky.social at @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social's) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rscD... #science #cosmogony #cosmology #philosophy #physics #books

An incredible honour to give a talk at the Royal Institution in London with @nafshordi.bsky.social about our book Battle of the Big Bang. You can see it here , the Q and A will be released in a few days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx0n...

@perimeterinstitute.ca @uwaterloo.ca @uchicagopress.bsky.social

🚨 Take the Big Mysteries in Physics Survey! 🌌🧠 We want to know: What drives your curiosity about the universe? Big Bangs, black holes, or something deeper? 📝 Start here → physics.aps.org/articles/v18... #physics #cosmology #sciencecommunication 🧵 (1/6)

Nobel Prize winner confronts his creationist critic Stephen Meyer in this new video featuring @nafshordi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yvn...

Thank you very much @russpoldrack.org for the endorsement 😊 I am glad that you love our #BattleoftheBigBang

That is a gorgeous cover. Big ups to the designer 👍

Aron Ra is going live in 15 minutes, at 10:30AM CDT, 3:30PM UTC. Twitter @Aron_Ra Bluesky @Aron-Ra.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live...

divephil · Now More Big Bang myths debunked with award-winning cosmologist @nafshordi.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=H5MJ...

Many thanks to @ri-science.bsky.social and @hatchards.bsky.social for a tremendous event in London this June for @nafshordi.bsky.social & @philhalper.bsky.social’s #BattleoftheBigBang: The New Tales of Our Cosmic Origins! More on this fascinating book here buff.ly/qNi2OFJ.

"A compelling scientific and personal perspective on one of the biggest ... questions in cosmology" Thank you @mbkplus.bsky.social for reviewing #BattleoftheBigBang for @americanscientist.org www.americanscientist.org/article/cosm... @philhalper.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Should CERN get to build their mega collider, a follow up the LHC called the FCC? That's the 20 billion dollar question, Sabine Hossenfelder and Harry Cliff discuss in a debate i moderated below. Let me know your opinions in the Youtube comments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fyH...

Heated debate on the future of particle physics in ever bigger colliders: @hossenfelder.bsky.social vs. Harry Cliff Excellent moderation by @philhalper.bsky.social

Busting the myths of the #BigBang w/ @philhalper.bsky.social Myth #2: Naming the Big Bang

#BattleoftheBigBang for kids, now available on YouTube: youtu.be/L3KJTGmzv38?... w/ @philhalper.bsky.social and Azadeh Samadani Courtesy of: www.physicsliteracyforkids.com/speakerseries

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

Premiering Friday @nafshordi.bsky.social and i debate Christian apologist Hugh Ross on Big Bang and God www.youtube.com/watch?v=_16f...

lit.newcity.com/2025/06/02/w... @philhalper.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social "If the science and the vanities that illuminate the cosmos are of interest to you, you will enjoy reading #BattleoftheBigBang, even if it brings you to this realization: Who in the hell really knows? ... (1/2)

Listen to Alice Chen and I, discussing the recent tantalizing tensions in cosmology -- and its anomaly industrial complex -- with @fqxi.org youtu.be/BfoalXiCRf4?...

Thank you @mmylova.bsky.social for the kind words.

@uchicagopress.bsky.social @philhalper.bsky.social

Derek is going live with Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper on MythVision Podcast in 11 hours, at 5PM CDT, 10PM UTC. Twitter @DerekPodcast @nafshordi @skydivephil Bluesky @nafshordi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live...

@philhalper.bsky.social and I had a great conversation with skeptic editor @michaelshermer.bsky.social on his podcast talking about our new book #BattleoftheBigBang, check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFpy... @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Not good news for gravitational-wave or multimessenger astronomy "In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two [LIGO] sites and will support a reduced level for technology development" ☄️⚛️🧪🔭

he latest episode of our Before the Big Bang series which is now out out . This time we tackle Holographic Cosmology with some of its leading scientists including Kostas Skenderis. Horațiu Năstase and @nafshordi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYss...

Mindscape 316 | Niayesh Afshordi @nafshordi.bsky.social and Phil Halper on The Big Bang and Before. #MindscapePodcast www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...

@nafshordi.bsky.social and I had a blast talking about our new book The Battle of the Big Bang with the legendary @seanmcarroll.bsky.social . You can check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG1I...

Tickets for Niayesh Afshordi's free public lecture on "Battle of the Big Bang" are now live on Eventbrite! Join us on Wednesday, June 4, at 7 PM for a discussion on the triumphs and debates that shape modern cosmology. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/battle-of-...

Thicket may go very fast, but you can also join the live stream 🙂 @nafshordi.bsky.social

This is us! #BattleoftheBigBang @philhalper.bsky.social

Who were the first to discover the cosmic glow of the Big Bang, known as the CMB (or cosmic microwave background)? Hint: It’s not who you think it is.

Thank you very much Emma for taking this journey with us; I am glad and humbled that you enjoyed the #BattleoftheBigBang

My new book review is out! My goodness did this one take me on a journey… thanks for a great read @philhalper.bsky.social @nafshordi.bsky.social 🔭📖 physicsworld.com/a/beyond-the...