23 Jokes About That Incredible NASA Space Photo, Because We Can't Take Anything Seriously
You may already know that NASA's new James Webb telescope released its first images today, among them this gorgeous photo showing a tiny piece of the night sky that's chock-full of galaxies. The astounding thing — besides the sheer number of galaxies in one small area of the sky — is that the telescope's capabilities are allowing us to see galaxies that are billions of light-years away, meaning we're seeing them as they were billions of years ago.
Space is lovely, dark and deep. You're looking at the deepest infrared image of the universe ever taken—the first full-color image from @NASAWebb. Go deeper on the galaxies of SMACS 0723 at https://t.co/63zxpNDi4I #UnfoldTheUniverse
Of course, this is Twitter, so despite the incredible technical achievement and the breathtaking beauty of the image, people had jokes.
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1.Some people just had strong reactions to the enormity of the photo (especially with that West Coast time difference):
NASA tweeting out absolutely mind melting photographs of space before 9am
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not a fan of there being other galaxies in the universe
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Me: zooms in on all the galaxies “hello you little weirdos” *starts sobbing*
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the new space pics go so hard honestly
5.Others wanted to point out the vastness of the universe, and how it makes us all tiny little people with tiny little problems:
All these galaxies and you still can’t find a gf
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all these stars and galaxies and u think god is really spending time worrying if u a little gay
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wow outer space is beautiful i wonder how they’ll monetize it https://t.co/BQEnmsEeUa
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looking at this image for five minutes and then walking out of my job https://t.co/HHcjlTHEnx
9.A lot of people saw the pic and thought, "Where have I seen this before?"
it's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date
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So in awe of the gravitational lensing! Never expected to see such clarity and color
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It's here–the deepest, sharpest infrared view of the universe to date: Webb's First Deep Field.Previewed by @POTUS on July 11, it shows galaxies once invisible to us.
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whoever designed the carpet for bowling alleys got deep space exactly right https://t.co/W4ISgJRUMu
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why that nasa universe photo look like a new Daft Punk album droppin https://t.co/qjNDnHRvpj
14.My personal favorite brand of Great Tweet™ is the kind with this level of story and detail:
Well, after three painful decades of near-constant needle work, my full back tattoo of the Hubble Deep Field is complete. Now to log on and show it off to my space friends
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okay time to come clean, im the guy who took the big space photo. i spilled cactus cooler on the camera and panicked so i took a photo of the floor at an old roller rink instead. please be nice to me i’ve had a long day
16.And then, of course, there are the people wondering about aliens:
Tearing up with the realization that there is almost for sure a planet where life has developed to look and sound exactly like Jar Jar Binks. https://t.co/WMcB1q36VX
17.And the people worried about Neil:
Right, what is Neil deGrasse Tyson going to say to ruin this? https://t.co/bZRx9qhkLF
18.Believe it or not, there are people out there who are disappointed by the pics:
I like it when people are disappointed by pictures of space. what more do you want
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if you have good eyesight like me those space pics are nothing special
20.Some folks have been zooming in and picking out their favorite galaxies, naming them like pets, and so on:
@NASA @POTUS @NASAWebb Ope, I'm just going to scooch on past you
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my girlfriend and i saw you from across the universe and we like your vibe
22.And then, naturally, there are the "hey, what's that?" type of tweets:
Good to see Zod, Ursa and Non still in the phantom zone!Thanks for the reassurance @NASA
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@ianlauerastro @NASAWebb @NASAHubble @NASA Unbelievable! Technology has advanced so much! Did anyone else catch that small moon in the Webb pic?
