Why you see moving stars in the darkHow your brain invents motion in empty spaces
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Brain Perception IllusionsDiscover the evolutionary glitch that makes stationary lights appear to drift across the night sky. When deprived of visual reference points, our eyes struggle to process depth and stillness. This sensory void forces the mind to misinterpret its own microscopic twitches as external movement, explaining countless nighttime UFO sightings and pilot disorientation.
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