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23 Jokes About That Incredible NASA Space Photo, Because We Can't Take Anything Seriously

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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.

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):

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5.Others wanted to point out the vastness of the universe, and how it makes us all tiny little people with tiny little problems:

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9.A lot of people saw the pic and thought, "Where have I seen this before?"

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14.My personal favorite brand of Great Tweet? is the kind with this level of story and detail:

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16.And then, of course, there are the people wondering about aliens:

17.And the people worried about Neil:

18.Believe it or not, there are people out there who are disappointed by the pics:

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20.Some folks have been zooming in and picking out their favorite galaxies, naming them like pets, and so on:

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22.And then, naturally, there are the "hey, what's that?" type of tweets:

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Hey, if you've seen a good joke about the space pics, drop it in the comments!

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