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 Clippers had to survive a fight over the final weeks to avoid the play-in tournament, including struggling to put away the same, starless Trail Blazers in the penultimate game.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2023

On a starless night in March, Taiba and her husband, Ali, waded toward a boat in Colombia with 50 other Afghans, headed for the Darién Gap.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

It was a starless night when a ship commanded by a young American lieutenant collided with a Japanese destroyer in the South Pacific.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2022

On starless nights the great cliff was as black as stone, a darkness towering high above the wide world, but when the moon came out it shimmered pale and icy as a frozen stream.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin