Movie science - sometimes it really is science!

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An unexpected byproduct of making the new movie Interstellar; they used real physics to model the black hole, with hundreds of terabytes of data and a huge rendering farm, probably the most computing power ever thrown at a real astronomical simulation. The result is apparently the most accurate model yet of what a black hole looks like. Which turns out to be a little different from expectations:

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandcult ... -discovery

No idea if the movie is any good, but at least some parts of the science should be right.

[Fatleaf]

This is brilliant. Good to see sci-fi turning into sci-fact. And that black hole image looks much better than anything I have seen any sci-fi work has that I have seen.

I wonder if I can make an oxp to incorporate that image! Just imagine it, jump into system - instantly tore apart but, boy, what a view while it happens

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There's a certain system which kills you if you don't get out fast (after one of the original missions has been run), maybe it could go there.

[Fatleaf]

There is also an oxp that makes one of those things that make you need to get out fast! Run the mission a few times and you need to edit your save file as they tend not to go away!