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From cosmic microwave background to TikTok challenges in just 13 billion years! That pink section at the bottom where the universe went from grapefruit-sized to "electron-quark soup" in 10 -35 seconds is basically the universe's version of "I woke up like this." The funniest part? We expanded from smaller than a centimeter to galaxy-forming size faster than you can say "inflation." Meanwhile, it took another 13 billion years for humans to evolve just to argue about whether the whole thing happened at all. Talk about inefficient design!

The statement is completely false, but that's what makes it hilarious. Water (H 2 O) has exactly 2 hydrogen atoms per molecule, while our solar system contains 8 planets, numerous dwarf planets, and roughly 100 billion to 400 billion stars if we're counting the entire Milky Way. Someone clearly failed both chemistry AND astronomy simultaneously. Next groundbreaking discovery: there are more electrons in a paperclip than there are grains of sand on Earth. Science!

Finding three Earth-sized planets 73.5 light-years away? Easy, exciting, publication-worthy. Narrowing down the hypothetical Planet Nine that's supposedly lurking in our own backyard? That's the kind of soul-crushing work that turns bright-eyed astronomers into chain-smoking nihilists. The astronomical equivalent of spending decades searching for your keys when they were in your pocket the whole time... except we still haven't found the keys. And they might not exist. And your pocket might be a mathematical error.

The perfect astronomical misunderstanding! In the first panel, guy says "I love eclipses" and girl responds "Me too" - creating what seems like a cosmic connection. But the second panel reveals they're talking about completely different things: he's into Eclipse sports cars while she's referring to actual solar and lunar eclipses with their scientific diagrams. Talk about two celestial bodies that aren't in alignment! This is basically what happens when you try dating outside your scientific discipline.

When your childhood astronomy documentary suddenly takes an unexpected turn into stellar classification. Left: our sun (a G-type main sequence star). Right: VY Canis Majoris (a red hypergiant approximately 1,420 times larger than our sun). Nothing prepares you for the cosmic reality check of discovering that what you thought were educational videos about space were actually showing you how insignificant we truly are in the universe. Childhood trauma via astronomy - the gift that keeps on giving.

NASA's PR department strikes again with their creative units of measurement! Nothing says "impending celestial doom" quite like comparing a meteor to both corgis and baby elephants in the same headline. Next time just tell us it's 500 kilograms and save the trip to the zoo. Though I suppose "corgi-sized meteor weighing as much as a small car" doesn't quite generate the same clicks as adorable puppies and baby pachyderms. Classic space agency move—making potential extinction events sound absolutely precious.