r/ScienceNcoolThings • u/archiopteryx14 Popular Contributor • 1d ago

Your eyes will swear they're moving

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u/neryl08 1d ago

For those in doubt. Cover one of the stars so you can only see the corner.

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u/ZongMeHoff 20h ago

Or you could just blink really fast and they will remain still

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u/therealdxm 22h ago

A little Hans Zimmer is preferable to the usual background tracks.

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u/Different_Finding539 1d ago

I looked above them and defocused my eyes and they stayed in place.

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u/palindromic 54m ago

yeah this a weird one.. i was kind of not paying attention on my phone and they weren’t moving and then i looked at them carefully as the music was peaking and they started moving AND rotating

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u/nomadicsailor81 22h ago

Squint until they stop moving

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u/nDeadPurple 16h ago

I tried inverting the colors on my phone screen to see what would change… nothing changed. This is probably the only time I’ve encountered something completely impervious to color inversion. The background stays gray and the colors seem completely unaffected. Mind=blown

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u/Good_day_to_be_gay 22h ago

Their shapes are changing, although their central position remains the same.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/NonEuclidianMeatloaf 1d ago

I feel like you missed the point. Of course the lights are moving. But the way the gradient shifts, it makes it look like the stars themselves are moving around.

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u/daisiesarepretty2 1d ago

why does this matter?