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'''Dark Star''' or '''Darkstar''' may refer to:

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== 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 ===
* [[The Dark Star (1919 film)|''The Dark Star'' (1919 film)]], a lost 1919 silent film
* [[The Dark Star (1955 film)|''The Dark Star'' (1955 film)]], a 1955 West German drama film
* [[Dark Star (film)|''Dark Star'' (film)]], a 1974 science fiction comedy film directed by John Carpenter
* ''Dark Star'', a 1978 film distributed by [[David Grant (producer)#Films distributed by David Grant|David Grant]]
* ''[[Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World]]'', a 2014 Swiss documentary
* "Darkstar", a fictional military aircraft in the 2022 film ''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]''

=== Television ===
* [[Darkstar (Ben 10)|Darkstar (''Ben 10'')]], or Michael Morningstar, a character in the ''Ben 10'' franchise

=== Literature ===
==== Comics ====
* [[Darkstar (Marvel 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 (Marvel Comics)|The Transformers]]''

==== Books ====
* ''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 (actor)|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)|''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)|''Dark Star'' (album)]], by the Grateful Dead and featuring their song "Dark Star", 2012
* ''Dark Star'', by [[Jaymes Young]], 2013

==== Songs ====
* [[Dark Star (song)|"Dark Star" (song)]], by the Grateful Dead
* "Dark Star", by Beck from ''[[The Information (Beck album)|The Information]]''
* "Dark Star", by Cinema Bizarre from ''[[ToyZ]]''
* "Dark Star", by Crosby, Stills & Nash from ''[[CSN (album)|CSN]]''
* "Dark Star", by Delerium from ''[[Faces, Forms & Illusions]]''
* "Dark Star", by Hypnogaja from ''[[Truth Decay (Hypnogaja)|Truth Decay]]''
* "Dark Star", by I Am Kloot from ''[[Natural History (I Am Kloot album)|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 (Tarja album)|What Lies Beneath]]''
* "Dark Star", by [[Jaymes Young]] from his album of the same name

=== Video games ===
* ''[[DarkStar One]]'', a 2006 video game
* ''[[Darkstar: The Interactive Movie]]'', a 2010 video game
* [[Dark Star (No More Heroes)|Dark Star (''No More Heroes'')]], a video game character
* Dark Star, a malevolent artifact in the video game ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''
* [[Dark Star (1984 video game)|''Dark Star'' (1984 video game)]], a 3D space shoot 'em up for the ZX Spectrum
* Darkstar, a special weapon in the Sci-Fi MMOFPS ''[[PlanetSide 2]]''

== Technology ==
* [[Lockheed Martin RQ-3 DarkStar]], an unmanned aerial vehicle
* [[Project Darkstar]], a framework for creating massively multiplayer online games
* [[Tesla Roadster (2008)]], codenamed DarkStar, an electric sports car

== Other uses ==
* [[Dark Star Brewery]], West Sussex, England
* [[Dark Star (cave)]], a cave system in Uzbekistan
* [[Dark Star (horse)]], an American Thoroughbred racehorse

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* [[Black Star (disambiguation)]]
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* [[Star (disambiguation)]]

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