Can Your Eyes Explode?

This might freak you out… but your eyes can’t just randomly explode. However—pressure

changes are a whole different story. Your eyeballs are filled with fluid, not air,

so they don’t pop like balloons. But when pressure changes too fast—like deep-sea diving

or rapid altitude drops—things get dangerous. If pressure outside your eye drops faster

than inside, tiny blood vessels can burst. That’s why divers equalize constantly.

No equalizing? Pain, swelling, and possible vision damage.

Here’s the wild part—astronauts’ eyesight changes in space because pressure shifts

fluids into their heads. So no explosion… But your eyes can get crushed from