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

Media and entertainment

Film

• Dark Star (film), a 1974 science fiction movie directed by John Carpenter
• The Dark Star, a 1919 film starring Marion Davies
• Dark Star, a 1978 film distributed by David Grant

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 novelization of the 1974 film, by Alan Dean Foster
• Dark Star, a Night Soldiers novel by Alan Furst
• Dark Star, a novel by Lorna Moon; basis for the 1930 film Min and Bill
• Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story, by Ellis Amburn
• Darkstar, a 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

Albums

• Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead, by the David Murray Octet, 1996
• Dark Star, by Deine Lakaien, 1991
• Dark Star, by The Supernaturals, 1993
• The Dark Star, by Volsoc, 2004

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 Tarja Turunen from What Lies Beneath

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

Technology

• Project Darkstar, a framework for creating massively multiplayer online games
• RQ-3 DarkStar, an unmanned aerial vehicle
• 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.
• Darkstar Skateboards, a skateboard brand

See also

• Black Star (disambiguation)
• Black Sun (disambiguation)
• Dark Sun (disambiguation)

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