{
  "id": 16059152,
  "title": "The sky in Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' matches the predawn sky around July 22, 1889",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/the-sky-in-van-goghs-starry-night-matches-the-predawn-sky-around-july",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T15:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-sky-van-gogh-starry-night.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New research published in Scientific Reports finds that the sky in Vincent van Gogh's \"Starry Night\" (1889) matches, in both observation and shape, the predawn sky over Saint-Rémy around July 22, 1889. In the early hours of that period, a waning crescent moon, Venus and the Hyades star cluster in Taurus appeared close together. The study was carried out jointly by SLLAB, a South Korean…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "Astronomers unlock a mystery hidden in van Gogh’s The Starry Night",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/astronomers-unlock-a-mystery-hidden-in-van-goghs-the-starry-night",
        "published": "2026-10-22T16:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Scientists turn art detectives to date van Gogh's 'Starry Night' to actual sky from 1889",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/scientists-turn-art-detectives-to-date-van-goghs-starry-night-to",
        "published": "2026-10-22T17:27:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Space.com",
        "title": "Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' depicts the sky on July 22, 1889, researchers find",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/van-goghs-the-starry-night-depicts-the-sky-on-july-22-1889",
        "published": "2026-10-22T18:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}