starless

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One of the major questions in astronomy is whether dark matter can form small, starless clumps.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2025

The photographer, James Baguley, chose a starless image to emphasise the beautiful red background, which is a dense backdrop of hydrogen gas.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023

Operators will also point the telescope at starless areas of sky to understand the “dark current” created by thermal noise in the instrument itself.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2022

The Houston Rockets are starless and have placed their future in youngsters Jalen Green, Christian Wood and Kevin Porter Jr.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2021

At once, as though somehow aware that he was their last intruder, the mambas hissed loudly in unison, their cold eyes meeting his own like onyx plucked from a starless night sky.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray