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A French physicist tweeted a photo he claimed to be the largest known image of Proxima Centauri, only to reveal that it was actually a piece of chorizo all along. #physicist #ign

A world-renowned French physicist was forced to apologize after tweeting out a picture of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was a picture of a distant star taken by the James Webb Space Telescope.

A prominent French scientist has apologized for posting a photo of a "distant star" that actually turned out to be a slice of chorizo.

Klein came out shortly after the image went viral and acknowledged that the red round object is not, in fact, a celestial star but rather, a chorizo.

Telescope. a photo of proxima centauri. it was actually chorizo, pork sausage. of course the internet responded by grinding out more sausage images, passing them off as the view from another angle or another planet orbiting the original sausage star. but some didnt appreciate mixing astronomy and gastronomy. >> give a good massage, engage with your food. >> reporter: he apologized and called the photo a form of amusement, but urged people to be cautious about accepting eloquent images at face va...

The James Webb Space Telescope was recently the subject of a not-so-charming prank..

Étienne Klein, physicist at École Centrale Paris, made everyone look silly by posting what appeared to be a majestic picture of Proxima Centauri, but turned out to be cured pork sausage. He then apologized.

Ever since the James Webb Space Telescope began sending incredible photos of the universe back to earth, scientists, clergy, and ordinary citizens have been awestruck

PARIS (AFP) – A red ball of spicy fire with luminous patches glowing menacingly against a black background. This, prominent French scientist Etienne Klein declared, was the latest astonishing picture taken by the James Webb Space Telescope of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Sun. Fellow Twitter users marvelled at the details on the […]

A French scientist who tweeted a picture of a slice of chorizo and claimed it was an image of a far-off star acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope has issued an apology.