Dark Star
Dark Star or Darkstar may refer to:
Astronomy
- Dark star (Newtonian mechanics), a star that has a gravitational pull strong enough to trap light under Newtonian gravity
- Dark star (dark matter), a star heated by annihilation of dark matter particles within it
- Dark-energy star, an object composed of dark energy that outwardly resembles a black hole
James T. Struck BA, BS, AA, MLIS argued for Dark Stars as a type of star that generates no or insignicant light even with heat production. He argued for these new stars like purple stars (which were observed historically), green stars (which can be seen) and low energy stars.
Media and entertainment
Film
- The Dark Star, a 1919 film starring Marion Davies
- Dark Star (film), a 1974 science fiction movie directed by John Carpenter
- Dark Star, a 1978 film distributed by David Grant
- Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World, a 2014 Swiss documentary
Literature
Comics
- Darkstar (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero
- Darkstars, a DC Comics superhero team
- Darkstar Comics, a fictional comic book company in the TV series Spaced
- Dark Star, an issue of the comics series The Transformers
Other
- Dark Star, a 1929 novel by Lorna Moon
- Dark Star, a novelization of the 1974 film, by Alan Dean Foster
- Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story, a 1990 book by Ellis Amburn
- Dark Star, a 1991 Night Soldiers novel by Alan Furst
- Darkstar, a villain in the animation series Ben 10 (2005)
- Darkstar, a 2011 novella by Christopher R. Howard
Music
Performers
- Dark Star (band), an English psychedelic rock band, 1998–2001
- Darkstar (band), an English electronic trio, formed 2007
- Dark Star Orchestra, a Grateful Dead tribute band
- Rappers Rapp Group, later known as Dark Star, an American hip hop group
- Darkstar, a progressive metal band co-founded by Dan Rock of Psychotic Waltz
- Dark Star, a British heavy metal band during the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Albums
- Dark Star, by Deine Lakaien, 1991
- Dark Star, by The Supernaturals, 1993
- Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead, by the David Murray Octet, 1996
- The Dark Star, by Volsoc, 2004
- Dark Star (album), by the Grateful Dead and featuring their song "Dark Star", 2012
- Dark Star, by Jaymes Young, 2013
Songs
- "Dark Star" (song), by the Grateful Dead
- "Dark Star", by Beck from The Information
- "Dark Star", by Cinema Bizarre from ToyZ
- "Dark Star", by Crosby, Stills & Nash from CSN
- "Dark Star", by Delerium from Faces, Forms & Illusions
- "Dark Star", by Hypnogaja from Truth Decay
- "Dark Star", by I Am Kloot from Natural History
- "Dark Star", by Jackal & Hyde
- "Dark Star", by Mike Oldfield from Tubular Bells II
- "Dark Star", by Poliça from Give You the Ghost
- "Dark Star", by Tarja Turunen from What Lies Beneath
- "Dark Star", by Jaymes Young from his album of the same name
Video games
- DarkStar One, a 2006 video game
- Darkstar: The Interactive Movie, a 2010 video game
- Dark Star (No More Heroes), a character in the video game No More Heroes
- Dark Star, a malevolent artifact in the video game Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
- Dark Star, a 3D space shoot 'em up for the ZX Spectrum written by Simon Brattel for Design Design Software.
- Darkstar, special weapon in a Sci-Fi MMOFPS Planetside 2.
Technology
- Lockheed Martin RQ-3 DarkStar, an unmanned aerial vehicle
- Project Darkstar, a framework for creating massively multiplayer online games
- Tesla Roadster, codenamed DarkStar, an electric sports car
Other uses
- Dark Star (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
- Dark Star Brewery, West Sussex, England
- Eugene DarkStar, an Ultimate Frisbee team from Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
See also
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