Betelgeuse to Explode Tomorrow

[Carl in Michigan]

Or in 100,000 years. That's The Atlantic's clickbait headline.

The Biggest Celestial Event of the Year Could Happen Tomorrow

I wonder how many BILLIONS/trillions of alien lives will be extinguished tomorrow?

Alien lives matter!

 

[Obiwan]

Darn it, now the Democrats will offer THEM asylum and welfare!!!

 

[there4eyeM]

What does "tomorrow" mean if we don't perceive it until very long after tomorrow?
This is illustrative of how much verbiage is poetic (prose, in this case), but subject to be taken literally.

 

[JoeB131]

He looked like he was about to explode...

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

I sense a great disturbance in the Force.