Researchers replaced the night sky in the painting with simulated supersonic turbulence, processed to resemble the original painting. Now, a new study in the journal Physics of Fluids tries to ...

“The Starry Night,” the 1889 hallmark artwork by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, is remarkably congruent to the astronomic principles of our sky ... scale of the paint strokes played a ...

Though visually similar to turbulence, “The Starry Night” lacks the scientific elements needed to support that claim.

When we think about art, starry nights, or a beautiful night sky, the first person to come to mind is Vincent van Gogh. One ...