From the Interstellar wikipedia page: The resulting visual effects provided Thorne with new insight into the gravitational lensing and accretion disks surrounding black holes, resulting in the publication of three scientific papers.[71][72][73]
You can see a very distinct before/after Interstellar whenever black holes are depicted in media. Prior to Interstellar, black holes were depicted like whirlpools even though Jean-Pierre Luminet generated an image in the 1970s that shows gravitational lensing.
mononomi@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
The paper does state that no astrophysical insights were gained, more insights on how to produce pretty yet accurate images. But still, cool!
Dayroom7485@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s a good movie!
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
No, it’s really not.
Christopher Nolan’s screenplays tend to be hit or miss, and Interstellar is deep in the “miss” category