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Why Gargantua in Interstellar obeys real physics
Original: Gargantua isn't a visual effect: almost everything on screen is dictated by gravity. What the shadow is, why the disk sh
A science breakdown of Gargantua, the black hole from the film Interstellar, is drawing attention by explaining that its look was not a visual effect but the result of gravitational physics. The explainer covers what the black hole's shadow is, why the accretion disk appears bent above and below it, the role of the photon ring, and what the filmmakers deliberately left out of the visualisation.
Why now: The physics behind Interstellar's famously realistic black hole keeps fascinating science and film audiences.
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- Gargantua isn't a visual effect: almost everything on screen is dictated by gravity. What the shadow is, why the disk shows above and below, what the photon ring is, and what the film deliberately left out. # science # physics # space # webgl # software # coding # development #… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 7
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