{
  "id": 16080259,
  "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",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T17:27:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20261022-scientists-turn-art-detectives-trace-van-gogh-starry-night-actual-night-sky-1889"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A team of South Korean researchers has put forward a new date for the night sky depicted in Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh's famed masterpiece \"The Starry Night\". Art historians have long assumed the stars were a product of the artist's fantasy or dated the scene to June 1889 based on the artist's location and other details, but astronomical details like the sliver crescent moon don't line up.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-22T15:00:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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": "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."
}