Christopher Nolan’s <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/"target="_blank" >Interstellar</a> was a phenomenon in 2014. Set in the future, Earth has been struck by a global crop blight. Former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) is pulled into a NASA mission to transport the human race to a new planet, via wormhole. Back on Earth, Cooper’s daughter, Murph (Jessica Chastain), attempts to complete an equation that will allow this mass-transport of humanity from Earth.  Many scientists praised the film, particularly for its depiction of black holes. In this episode co-hosts <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1082526815/regina-g-barber"target="_blank" >Regina G. Barber</a> and <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/767284140/emily-kwong"target="_blank" >Emily Kwong</a> talk about Interstellar with Star Trek scientific advisor and astrophysicist <a href="https://www.erinpmacdonald.com/"target="_blank" >Erin Macdonald</a>. They walk through wormholes, black holes and all the ways space-time stretches in the film.  Interested in more on the science behind science fiction? Email us your question at <a href="mailto:shortwave@npr.org"target="_blank" >shortwave@npr.org</a> – we may feature it in an upcoming episode! Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/shortwave"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org/shortwave</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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