F-F-Falling If staring at this image down below (here's a big version) makes you feel like you're being swallowed by a black hole, you're not alone. According to a new paper in the journal ...

The device, reported in Advanced Photonics, functions as an optical black hole or optical white hole, and rests on a principle known as "coherent perfect absorption" of light waves. Dependent on ...

Physics & Chemistry New Optical Illusion Makes 86% of People Feel Like They’re Falling Into a Black Hole Researchers discovered an optical illusion that provides new insights into human vision.

Scientists have created an optical device capable of mimicking black holes and the still hypothetical white holes. This system could revolutionize our understanding of the Universe and lead to ...

Discover the 'expanding hole' optical illusion that deceives not just the eyes but also tricks your brain's reflexes, leading ...

I am one of the 86% of people that can see this illusion. The black oval at the center seems to gape and the white background rolls into the hole as it expands.

This latest black and white optical illusion will help reveal if you have a super competitive personality or if you’re a brutally honest person. Initially shared on TikTok by Charles Meriot, a ...

Two billion light years away in the galaxy cluster Abell 1201, scientists detected a dormant black hole that’s 30 billion times the Sun’s mass. Thanks to gravitational lensing, a phenomenon ...

This optical illusion plays a trick on your eyes, falsely convincing your brain that it is about to enter a tunnel.