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Gravitational lensing by spinning black holes in astrophysics

41 points| jayeshsalvi | 11 years ago |iopscience.iop.org | reply

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[+] gjm11|11 years ago|reply
At present, the title here on HN is "Gravitational lensing by spinning black holes in astrophysics" -- to which my immediate reaction, and I suspect not only mine, is: what, as opposed to in cookery?

The original article title gives the answer: "... and in the movie Interstellar". Since the article really is about the rendering techniques used in the movie as well as about the physics of rotating black holes, I suggest that the HN title be made to match that of the original article.

[+] stolio|11 years ago|reply
I saw the title and thought "is it the one from Interstellar!?!?"

Thorne said he was going to publish based on their simulations so it's awesome it's here. I agree it might be nice to have the context in the title since this is cool for both physics and science-fiction fans.

[+] jayeshsalvi|11 years ago|reply
I had pasted the whole title, but ycombinator removed the part after "-" I think.