Cosmology / Investigation
What if empty space isn’t empty?
False vacuum decay, the Higgs field, and the unsettling possibility that our universe is only temporarily stable.
Explore the investigationAstro Kshitij / Physics & the universe
The universe is
stranger than
you think.
I’m Kshitij Pandey, a physicist and science communicator exploring the ideas that reshape how we understand reality.
MSc Physics · Astrophysics & Cosmology
TEDx speaker
Reach / In rooms and on screen
Physics in front of rooms. Curiosity beyond them.
100+ Talks
137k+ People Reached
01 / Selected explorations
Follow a question.
See where it takes you.
Research, stories, and ideas from a universe that keeps surprising us.
Gravitation / Research
At the edge of a singularity
My co-authored work on high-energy particle collisions near naked singularities.
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Physics / On screen
Follow the question further.
Long-form explainers and experiments in understanding the universe, in Hindi.
Watch on YouTube02 / Beyond the screen
Physics in the room.
Some ideas are best explored together.
From the TEDx stage to a room full of students, I bring difficult ideas into conversations people can be part of.
- 01Talks that make space for curiosity
- 02Quantum Mechanics for Everyone
- 03Science communication training for institutions
Both workshop programmes are in development. Enquiries and expressions of interest are welcome.
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03 / Behind the questions
A physicist. A storyteller. Still a student of the universe.
My path runs through studying physics, asking questions about the universe, and sharing what I learn. The question that follows me everywhere: how do we make these difficult ideas understandable?
The story so far04 / Featured writing / My abstract thoughts
The Way the Universe Might Actually Die Is Disturbing
A journey into false vacuum decay, and what the apparent stability of our universe might be hiding.
Read the essay05 / The conversation continues
Find me in your orbit.
A conversation worth having
Let’s make difficult ideas impossible to ignore.
Talks, workshops, institutional training, and research or creator collaborations. Tell me what you have in mind.