And per Know Your Meme, this started earlier this month thanks to the post of a starry night. There's your explanation! Enjoy some of these 4K images if you're on mobile: ...

Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" seems to follow a mathematical theory describing fluids in nature. He couldn't have understood the equations, which came about decades after his death. Researchers ...

We’re asking you to look at a painting you’ve probably seen before: “The Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh. (Sign up here to be notified about future challenges, which are published on the ...

Yet, a study released today in Physics of Fluids shows that the artist Vincent van Gogh captured theories of fluid dynamics in “The Starry Night,” depicting complex patterns of turbulence at ...

Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night" is undoubtedly one of the most famous paintings in the world, instantly recognizable for its vibrant colors and dramatic brushstrokes that create what appears ...

In his swirling 1889 masterwork, The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh took certain artistic liberties. The quaint valley village is imaginary and the brilliant crescent moon was actually in waning ...

They found that “The Starry Night” was turbulent, and not just by artistic standards. A decade later, astrophysicist James Beattie analyzed the variations in luminance in a patch in the middle ...