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Amazing ‘Space Telescope Image’ Was Actually a Slice of Chorizo

A French scientist has had to apologize for his spicy space prank after he tweeted a picture of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was a distant star captured by the James Webb Space Telescope 

Étienne Klein — a physicist and director at France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission — shared the photo of the slice of cured meat on Twitter last week, gushing over the “level of detail” it provided.

“Picture of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun, located 4.2 light years away from us. It was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope,” a translation of the tweet read. “This level of detail… A new world is unveiled everyday.”

In some follow-up tweets, Klein apologized, informing followers the smoked sausage is strictly earthbound and a “form of amusement.”

Link: New York Post

Document: Getty Images


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