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Topic: interstellar

Avi Loeb, physicist at Harvard University, poses for a portrait in the observatory near his office in Cambridge, MA. (Adam Glanzman/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Alien astrophysicist rebukes his critics

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Theoretical Physicist Avi Loeb speaks during the New Space Exploration Initiative "Breakthrough Starshot" Announcement at One World Observatory on April 12, 2016 in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize Foundation)

Proof of aliens on the deep sea floor?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Sunrise in Space (Getty Images/BlackJack3D)

A disaster film in more ways than one

Matthew Rozsa
Still from 20th Century Fox's "Ad Astra" (20th Century Fox)

"Ad Astra" feels like propaganda

Keith A. Spencer
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Illustration of a newly discovered black hole named MAXI J1820+070. (Aurore Simonnet and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center)

What a black hole looks like

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/ Kevin Winter/)

Making it at Coachella

Max Cea
George Clooney in "Tomorrowland" (Disney Enterprises Inc.)

Nostalgia for the lost future

Andrew O'Hehir
Amy Sedaris and Stephen Colbert (Comedy Central)

Sarah Gray
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Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and David Gyasi in "Interstellar" (Paramount Pictures)

Our universe would be ruined

Kip Thorne
Neil deGrasse Tyson (Business Insider)

Sarah Gray
"2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Interstellar" (Warner Bros./Salon)

The long shadow of "2001"

T.R. Witcher
Neil deGrasse Tyson (Business Insider)

Sarah Gray
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Matthew McConaughey in "Interstellar" (Melinda Sue Gordon/Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.)

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Neil deGrasse Tyson (AP/Frank Micelotta)

Sarah Gray
Neil DeGrasse Tyson (AP/Richard Shotwell)

Sarah Gray
Matthew McConaughey in "Interstellar" (Melinda Sue Gordon/Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.)

Chris Nolan's grand space epic

Andrew O'Hehir
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Matthew McConaughey accepts the Oscar for best actor for his role in "Dallas Buyers Club" at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

Daniel D'Addario
(Amy Stuart)

Daniel D'Addario
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