Betelgeuse Memes

Astronomers have been sitting on the edge of their telescopes since 2019 when Betelgeuse—a massive red supergiant star—dramatically dimmed, making everyone think it was FINALLY about to go supernova! But noooooo, the cosmic tease just had a stellar sneeze (aka ejected some dust) and went back to normal. Now we're all just standing around like "EXPLODE ALREADY!" It's like waiting for toast to pop, except the toaster is 640 light-years away and could potentially outshine the entire galaxy when it blows. Talk about stellar performance anxiety! 💫💥