Film

Let Neil deGrasse Tyson Explain Just What The Hell Is Going On In ‘Interstellar’

It's okay! The King of Science is here!

by Maddie James  14 November 2014
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If you recently saw Interstellar, Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited foray into science fiction, and had absolutely no idea what was going on, don’t worry. Neil Degrasse Tyson, the famed astrophysicist behind the recent revamp of Cosmos, has got you covered. You’d think the internet’s unofficial authority on all things space would be a little distracted of late, what with the whole landing things on comets, but he still managed to find time to explain what the hell was going on in that film. Apparently, a lot of the science is legit.

Long-time followers of NGT would not be surprised to hear that the man’s Twitter game is strong. Despite having a radio show and his own planetarium to run, he still regularly finds time to share educational, insightful and amusing things, sometimes all at once. Like this.

Or this.

His explanation of the science in Interstellar was followed with a warning: “Never look to me for opinions on new films. All I do is highlight the science one might or might not find in them.” But he still raised a few issues with the film that make me feel slightly more justified in complaining incessantly about how unrealistic a film about black holes was.

THANK YOU. Nolan convinced me that you could go into people’s dreams and that a bat vigilante is a great public policy idea, but clearly didn’t pay quite enough attention to the little things this time. Like how we should maybe focus a little more on things closer to home.