--- --- # Neil deGrasse Tyson Fact-Checked _Interstellar_  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Nov 10, 2014 6:57 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Nov 10, 2014 6:57 PM UTC Celebrated astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson fact-checked _Interstellar_ on Twitter last night, and he didn’t seem to have very many objections. > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/531648362324295680) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/531649427346186240) He also said some of the scientific renderings of life in space in and around black holes seemed possible, or at least plausible: **More:** [**What** **_Interstellar_** **Got Right and Wrong About Science**](http://time.com/3572988/interstellar-science-fact-check/) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/531650380317224960) > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/531651310458638336) If you’re not sure what he’s talking about, TIME’s very own Jeffrey Kluger also explained the [science](http://time.com/3572988/interstellar-science-fact-check/) behind Interstellar in a bit more than 140 characters. So does Neil deGrasse Tyson wish he got to explore the way Matthew McConaughey’s character did in the movie? Um, no. > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/531673346979930112) Neil deGrasse Tyson Fact Checked 'Interstellar' And it Passed ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3576369/neil-degrasse-tyson-fact-checked-interstellar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3576369/neil-degrasse-tyson-fact-checked-interstellar/"},"headline":"Neil deGrasse Tyson Fact-Checked Interstellar","datePublished":"2014-11-10T18:57:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:20:30.668Z","description":"And it passed muster","url":"https://time.com/3576369/neil-degrasse-tyson-fact-checked-interstellar/","keywords":["movies","Space","Science topic","Matthew McConaughey","neil degrasse tyson","Interstellar"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3576369/neil-degrasse-tyson-fact-checked-interstellar/","name":"Neil deGrasse Tyson Fact-Checked Interstellar"}}]}] ```