{{wiktionary}} '''Dark Star''' or '''Darkstar''' may refer to:
{{TOC right}} == 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 * Black dwarf
==Arts, entertainment and media== ===Fictional entities=== * Darkstar (Marvel Comics), a comic book superhero * Darkstars, a DC Comics superhero team * Darkstar Comics, a fictional comic book company in the TV series ''Spaced'' * "Darkstar", a fictional military aircraft in the 2022 film ''Top Gun: Maverick'' * Darkstar (''Ben 10''), or Michael Morningstar, a character in the ''Ben 10'' franchise * Dark Star (''No More Heroes''), a video game character * Dark Star, a malevolent artifact in the video game ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' * Darkstar, a special weapon in the Sci-Fi MMOFPS ''PlanetSide 2''
=== Film and television=== * ''The Dark Star'' (1919 film), a lost 1919 silent film * ''The Dark Star'' (1955 film), a 1955 West German drama film * ''Dark Star'' (film), a 1974 science fiction comedy film * ''Dark Star'', a 1978 film distributed by David Grant * ''Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World'', a 2014 Swiss documentary
=== Gaming === * ''DarkStar One'', a 2006 video game * ''Darkstar: The Interactive Movie'', a 2010 video game * ''Dark Star'' (1984 video game), for the ZX Spectrum
=== Literature === * ''Dark Star'', an issue of the comics series ''The Transformers'' * ''The Dark Star'', a 1917 novel by Robert W. Chambers * ''Dark Star'', a 1929 novel by Lorna Moon * ''The Dark Star'', a 1939 novel by Margaret Mackie Morrison, writing as March Cost * ''Dark Star'', a 1969 novel by Norma K. Hemming, writing as Nerina Hilliard * ''Dark Star'', a novelization of the 1974 film, by Alan Dean Foster * ''Dark Star'', a 1985 biography about John Gilbert written by his daughter Leatrice Joy-Gilbert * ''Dark Star'', a 1989 novel by Marcia Muller * ''Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story'', a 1990 book by Ellis Amburn * ''Dark Star'', a 1991 ''Night Soldiers'' novel by Alan Furst * ''Dark Star'', a 2008 ''Stony Man'' novel by Nick Pollotta, writing as Don Pendleton * ''Darkstar'', a 2011 novella by Christopher R. Howard * ''Dark Star'', a 2020 book by Jane Holland, an omnibus of the Stella Penhaligon series
=== Music === ==== Performers ==== * Dark Star (band), an English psychedelic rock band, 1998–2001 * Darkstar (band), an English electronic duo, formed 2007 * Dark Star Orchestra, a Grateful Dead tribute band * Darkstar, a progressive metal band co-founded by Dan Rock of Psychotic Waltz
==== Albums ==== * ''Dark Star'' (soundtrack), by John Carpenter, 1980 * ''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 * ''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 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
== Technology == * Lockheed Martin RQ-3 DarkStar, an unmanned aerial vehicle * Project Darkstar, a framework for creating massively multiplayer online games * Tesla Roadster (first generation), codenamed DarkStar, an electric sports car
== Other uses == * Dark Star Brewing Company, in West Sussex, England * Dark Star (cave), a cave system in Uzbekistan * Dark Star (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
== See also == {{canned search|darkstar|dark-star}} * {{intitle|dark stars}} * {{intitle|dark star}} * {{intitle|darkstars}} * {{intitle|darkstar}} * {{lookfrom|Darkstar}} * {{lookfrom|Dark star}} * {{lookfrom|Dark Star}} * Black Star (disambiguation) * Black Sun (disambiguation) * Dark Sun (disambiguation) * Dark (disambiguation) * Star (disambiguation)
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