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This is a humorous meme that imagines the reaction of the Artemis II moon mission crew when they look back towards Earth from space, and see hundreds of bright flashing lights coming from the planet. The joke refers to the fact that thousands of people on Earth would all take photos of the passing Artemis II rocket, creating a massive flash of lights that would look alarming from space. The meme uses the popular reaction image of actor Matthew McConaughey as Joseph Cooper in the film *Interstellar*, with a shocked, wide-eyed confused expression while smoking a cigarette, to perfectly convey this surprised, alarmed reaction.

Houston we have a problem: Artemis II crew sees Earth flashing lights

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A photograph of a tabby cat wearing a clear plastic cone (resembling an astronaut's helmet) being held by a person who is using nail clippers to trim the cat's claws. Overlaid on the top left is a tweet from Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) with the text: "The toughest part of astronaut training is the claw trimming." The cat has a slightly annoyed or resigned expression, and the person is focused on trimming the claws. The background appears to be a kitchen or utility area with shelves and a red container.

Astronaut Training's Toughest Part: Cat Claw Trimming

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The meme features two lines of text above a screenshot from the Marvel film 'Black Panther.' The top text reads 'Earth completes one revolution around the Sun,' and the middle text reads 'Stup!d Rent-paying mammals :' with a typo in 'Stupid.' Below the text is a scene of a large, cheering crowd in a stadium-like setting with a waterfall, focusing on a Wakandan warrior in green and red attire raising his arms in celebration. The humor contrasts the cosmic event of Earth orbiting the Sun with the mundane human experience of paying rent, implying humans prioritize trivial concerns over astronomical phenomena.

Earth Completes Revolution vs Rent-Paying Mammals

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The meme is divided into two sections. The top section features bold text reading 'Betelgeuse exists: Astronomers:' accompanied by an image of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, depicted as a bright orange sphere. The lower section is a screenshot from the animated film 'Despicable Me' (2010), showing the character Gru (wearing a gray suit and blue tie) standing in front of a crowd of onlookers, with yellow text at the bottom reading 'let it die! let it die!' The humor stems from the playful exaggeration that astronomers are eagerly anticipating Betelgeuse's potential supernova, hence their supposed desire for the star to 'die,' referencing Gru's lyrics from the film.

Astronomers React to Betelgeuse: 'Let It Die!'

The meme is divided into two …