Let’s take a trip across the Universe with Bernie and his now famous mittens. We have by now seen a million creative images of the viral Bernie meme. Every admirer of his has put his/her creative juices to use, depicting Bernie in famous scenes from history to geography, from classic movies to pop culture. Here, we present a collage of images from space scientists and space fans from around the world and take a trip across the Universe with Bernie.
In the beginning, there was Bernie ...
Cut to the present, with Bernie on his way to the moon -
Bernie in zero-G at a stop at the ISS.
Where he got busy quickly, with some untethered spacewalks.
Bernie has his own space suit and space mask -
Commander Hadfield - who had the right jacket on?
OK, he did try out the traditional space suit at Astro Jessica Meir’s request -
From there, it was onwards to the moon -
Who needs moon rovers, when you got Bernie and his anti-gravity chair? Notice he is floating.
Selfie with Buzz Aldrin -
Earth-rise with Bernie.
But we know why he really went there. The astronauts cannot see Bernie in this eerie scene on the moon.
That seismic monitor is just fine Buzz, it’s time to go home.
Mission accomplished, the tranquil return to Blue Earth.
Landing in cold Kazakhstan, but Bernie is prepared.
Bernie looks comfy. Scott — you meant “felt the Bern ...”, right?
Bernie is off again, to boldly go where no one has gone before.
First stop, the L2 Lagrange point, repair job at the Webb telescope.
My God, It's Full of Bernies!
Rescue mission for Poole.
A secret mission to destroy an alien space base on an asteroid —
Saying hello to the Mars rovers. Who else does that?
A surreal picture -
Pit stop on the rings of Saturn.
Bernie hitches a ride with asteroid Oumuamua to inter-stellar space.
Bernie seen through the Hubble Space Telescope transiting a distant red-dwarf star. That’s a big dip in the light curve!
Bernie approaches a supermassive black hole and is about to get spaghettified.
Bernie is one with the black hole (in the supergiant elliptical galaxy M87, 53.5 million light years away, 6.5 billion solar masses) and demonstrates the principle of Conservation of Bernieism.
Ageless Timeless Bernie.
The Bernie Constellation.
Bernie, the Starchild … returns.
Hope you enjoyed this Space Odyssey with Bernie. Please share your favorites, from earth and from outer space.