Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" has stirred the souls of art lovers for over a century. Now, its swirling skies may also speak ...

The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889 Art Images via Getty Images Zukic purchased more land and hired a team of roughly two dozen gardeners.

Vincent van Gogh’s painting “The Starry Night” has long been admired for its art, but physicists are also intrigued by the science beneath the strokes and swirls.

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 22, 2025, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: ‘Starry Night’ and Sunflowers in the Wee Hours.