When Interstellar hit theaters in 2014, it earned acclaim far beyond the world of cinema. While critics praised its storytelling and visuals, the film also won over scientists, including experts at NASA, for its unusually faithful depiction of cosmic phenomena. Black holes, wormholes, and the mind-bending effects of relativity were presented with a level of accuracy rarely seen in Hollywood. Much of this realism came from the guidance of Kip Thorne, a Nobel Prize–winning physicist who served as