{
  "id": 16232609,
  "title": "A Team of Astronomers Thinks They Have Identified the Exact Night Sky That Inspired Vincent van Gogh's 'Starry Night.' Not Everyone Is Convinced",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/a-team-of-astronomers-thinks-they-have-identified-the-exact-night-sky",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T20:41:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-team-of-astronomers-thinks-they-have-identified-the-exact-night-sky-that-inspired-vincent-van-gogh-starry-Night-not-everyone-is-convinced-180989744/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Very few night skies seen from the south of France during the summer of 1889 would match the scene on van Gogh's canvas. A new study argues that it could have been July 22",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nautilus",
        "title": "Was This the Exact Date of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/was-this-the-exact-date-of-van-goghs-starry-night",
        "published": "2026-10-23T18:15:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}