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A thin crescent Moon, Venus, and the Hyades star cluster lined up over Saint-Rémy on July 22, 1889, closely matching the famous painting’s swirling composition.

The sky in Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889) matches, in both observation and shape, the pre-dawn sky over Saint-Rémy around 22 July 1889, when a waning crescent moon, Venus and the Hyades star cluster appeared close together, according to a…

A team of researchers claims the Hyades star cluster may form the heart of van Gogh's "The Starry Night." Others aren't so sure.

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

The researchers identified discrepancies between the celestial alignments in June 1889 and Vincent van Gogh’s painted night sky.

‘The Starry Night’ does not depict the stars we thought, scientists say – and therefore might have been made on a different night

Astronomy, weather data, and even letters referencing cicadas indicate he may have painted what the sky looked like around July 22, 1889.

Van Gogh had an "inseparable relationship" with the stars—and his timeless works of art capture his fascination with the night sky.

Scientists doubling as art detectives have traced Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night" to a celestial scene that suggests a new date for one of the world's most famous paintings.

For 20 years, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand has acted as an intermediary between the police and people who know where stolen artwork might be hiding. He says patience and trust are everything.