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‘The Starry Night’ Accurately Depicts a Scientific Theory That Wasn’t Described Until Years After van Gogh’s Death
Researchers say that the iconic painting's swirling sky lines up with Kolmogorov's theory of turbulence, suggesting that the ...
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Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ actually captured 2 laws of physics with amazing accuracy
Have you ever gazed at Vincent van Gogh's iconic painting "The Starry Night" and felt like you could almost see the sky ...
Turbulent skies of Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ align with a scientific theory, study finds
A new study suggests Vincent van Gogh showed a deep, intuitive understanding of the mathematical structure of turbulence in ...
The northern lights might again be visible in the US as solar activity increases
The aurora borealis is continuing to dazzle viewers across the northern United States and Canada. It’s been a good year for ...
Physicists discover “hidden turbulence” throughout van Gogh’s Starry Night
Van Gogh’s precise representation of turbulence might be from studying the movement of clouds and the atmosphere or an innate ...
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Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Surprisingly Accurate, Say Physicists
Research into The Starry Night connected brushstrokes and their luminosity to laws of physics governing turbulence.
Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ held a secret — and scientists just discovered the ‘hidden turbulence’
“The Starry Night,” the 1889 hallmark artwork by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, is remarkably congruent to the astronomic principles of our sky, atmospheric scientists recently discovered. It also ...
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New research finds Van Gogh's ‘Starry Night’ skies align with physics
A new study found that the skies in Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” align with current models of atmospheric turbulence. NBC News’ ...
Tiny rainforest lizards leap into water and don’t come up when expected. Scientists now know why
This week, meet a “scuba-diving” lizard, marvel at a spacecraft’s longevity, explore hidden physics in a painting, unravel ...
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The Swirling Secrets of Starry Night: When Art and Turbulence Collide
Was Vincent van Gogh the original chaos theorist? While we admire the beauty of “The Starry Night,” physicists decided to ...
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Analysis reveals van Gogh's brilliant understanding of fluid dynamics in "The Starry Night"
When Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh produced "The Starry Night" in 1889, he is believed to have put paint to canvas to ...
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Milwaukee ‘Moving City’ art car broken down
Milwaukee's ‘Moving City’ art car is broken down just weeks after being launched to raise awareness of reckless driving.