When Vincent van Gogh painted "The Starry Night," one of his most iconic paintings ... "Turbulent flows are a frequent occurrence in everyday life," Huang said. You can see turbulence in action ...

Though visually similar to turbulence, “The Starry Night” lacks the scientific elements needed to support that claim.

One word kept popping up to describe the artist’s work and life: Turbulence is all around ... of turbulence that gives birth to the real starry night: supersonic turbulence.

In 1890, less than two months before he ended his life with a pistol ... but also one of the most "real." His first painting of the starry sky, The Starry Night over the Rhône (1888), was another ...