Few optical illusions on the internet have captured our attention quite like the Spinning Dancer. This seemingly-simple animation, created in 2003 by Japanese web designer Nobuyuki Kayahara ...

New research shows that a planet spotted around the real-life star 40 Eridani A, famous for hosting Dr. Spock's fictional home world in 'Star Trek', may have been an optical illusion all along.

This isn’t the first time a planet has turned out to be an illusion; in 2014, two planets orbiting a star 20 light years away — Gliese 581d and Gliese 581g — turned out not to exist, either ...

It’ll spin your head right round, right round. This head-spinning optical illusion will have you second guessing your own sanity. It shows two rotating rings made up of six ovals.

Sci-fi fans may be excited to know that researchers at Imperial College London are developing a 'spacetime cloak' to give the illusion of a Star Trek transporter. Research would suggest that unlike ...

This is an optical illusion sure to knock you off your high horse. An animated video of a moving pony is sparking fervent debate on social media, with viewers at war over the direction the animal ...

Paramount Pictures early today debuted a new UK TV spot, titled “Illusion,” for J.J. Abrams’s anticipated sequel Star Trek Into Darkness.The ad focuses on the relationship between Benedict ...

ONE popular optical illusion has left people baffled and wondering what it means for their brains. The Spinning Dancer, also known as the Silhouette Illusion, is an animated optical … ...

THIS mind-blowing optical illusion will leave your head spinning about what you think you're seeing. The animation – dubbed ‘Super illusion brothers’ by its maker– appears to show figures ...

Just like the fictional planet of Vulcan was wiped out in Star Trek, new research has destroyed the real-life version of Spock's homeworld, albeit in a less violent fashion.