Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' contains surprisingly accurate physics — suggesting he understood the hidden 'dynamism of the sky'
A new analysis of the brushstrokes and colors in Vincent van Gogh's famous painting Starry Night reveals a striking similarity to "hidden turbulence" in Earth's atmosphere, suggesting the iconic artist had a surprisingly detailed understanding of natural processes.
Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Is Surprisingly Scientifically Accurate, Mirroring Complex Atmospheric Physics
But the swirling skies in his masterpiece might be more than a projection of his inner turmoil. According to a new study, van Gogh’s depiction of the night sky is an uncannily accurate representation of a complex physical phenomenon: turbulence.
Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ actually captured 2 laws of physics with amazing accuracy
Have you ever gazed at Vincent van Gogh's iconic painting "The Starry Night" and felt like you could almost see the sky moving? Well, it turns out that your eyes weren't playing tricks on you.
Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' masterpiece captured real world physics
Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting The Starry Night is renowned for its swirling blue skies and luminous yellow stars.
Scientists Say Van Gogh’s Starry Night Contains Hidden Physics
Scientists recently analyzed Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night to see how well its famous swirls matched up with known atmospheric physics. After analysis, they found that not only did the shapes match up with our current ideas of atmospheric turbulence,
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Ultra-Precise Particle Measurement Narrows Pathway to ‘New Physics’
A long-awaited calculation of the W boson’s mass agrees with theory, contradicting a previous anomaly that had raised the ...
Mysteries of the bizarre 'pseudogap' in quantum physics finally untangled
By cleverly applying a computational technique, scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the "pseudogap," a ...
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Why the words we use in physics obscure the true nature of reality
Simple words like "force" and "particle" can mislead us as to what reality is actually like. Physicist Matt Strassler unpacks ...
Mössbauer Effect: How Precision Physics Could Reveal the Secrets of Gravitational Waves
Scientists have introduced a groundbreaking method for detecting gravitational waves using Mössbauer resonance, which is ...
No, Einstein Didn’t Solve the Biggest Problem in Physics
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Beneath the brushstrokes, van Gogh's sky is alive with real-world physics
Vincent van Gogh's painting "The Starry Night" depicts a swirling blue sky with yellow moon and stars. The sky is an ...
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Cosmology is at a tipping point—we may be on the verge of discovering new physics
For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the ...
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Physics team electrifies the quantum world
Researchers have developed a method to model a central theory of quantum gravity in the laboratory. Their goal: to decipher previously unexplained phenomena in the quantum world.
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Hopes for new physics dashed by ordinary-looking W bosons at CERN
In 2022, physicists were excited by hints that something was wrong with our understanding of the universe - but new results ...