Mr Bugg is looking oddly happy to be discovering something that could wipe out all of buggkind.

Transcript:

Mr Bugg stands behind the eyepiece of telescope, arms raised in happy victory, while, quite close overhear, a huge asteroid with bow and antennae speeds along.

The text reads: “Bugust 13, 1898: Carl Bugstav discovers Eros 443, the first near asteroid to be found.”