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    New study traces van Gogh’s famed ‘Starry Night’ to an actual night sky from 1889

    October 26, 2026, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    The sky in Van Gogh's The Starry Night matches the pre-dawn sky of around July 22, 1889
    (a) The central cluster of stars in “The Starry Night” (1889), left, and the Hyades cluster in Taurus, center. At right, the five stars in the painting (orange) are overlaid on the real stars (blue) after matching for size, orientation and position; red dashed lines show the residual differences. (b) The stars in “Café Terrace at Night” (1888), left, and the stars around the Summer Triangle, center. The panel at right follows the same layout as in (a). Credit: Scientific Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-73025-5

    Scientists doubling as art detectives have traced Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” to a celestial scene that suggests a new date for one of the world’s most famous paintings.

    Their findings indicate that rather than being a product of van Gogh’s imagination, “The...

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    Study hints at the Existence of the Closest Black Holes to Earth in the Hyades Star Cluster

    September 11, 2023, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Image of the Hyades star cluster. Image: Jose Mtanous

    Black holes are one of the most mysterious and fascinating phenomena in the Universe. A paper published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society hints at the existence of several black holes in the Hyades cluster – the closest open cluster to our solar system – which would make them the closest black holes to Earth ever detected...

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