Chorizo

This French physicist posted a picture that he claimed a brand-new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. In fact, it was a cross-section of chorizo.

She was taken by the JWST. This level of detail... Is it a star? Is it chorizo?

A prominent French physicist has apologized after making a light-hearted joke in which he claimed that a slice of chorizo sausage was in fact a James Webb ...

He simply wanted to urge caution with images that seem eloquent on their own." The James Webb Space Telescope was launched back in December 2021 and its first proper scientific images were released last month, wowing the public. She was taken by the JWST. This level of detail…

'I come to present my apologies to those whom my hoax may have shocked,' renowned physicist Étienne Klein said.

Still, many of Dr Klein’s followers appeared to believe that he had been irresponsible in attempting to trick people. Some days later, Dr Klein was continuing to apologise for what he had done. He said that the picture had been a “form of amusement” and once against reminded his followers that they should be suspicious both of arguments from authority as well as the convincing nature of such images. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. About an hour after he first sent the tweet, Dr Klein made clear he had been joking. But on closer inspection the image was something rather more down-to-Earth: a slice of chorizo against a black background.

A French scientist who had posted an image of a distant star on his Twitter feed, claiming it had been taken by the James Webb telescope, has revealed it ...

A day later however, Klein admitted that the image was actually a piece of the well-known Spanish sausage and not a far-off star. A French scientist who had posted an image of a distant star on his Twitter feed, claiming it had been taken by the James Webb telescope, has revealed it was actually a slice of chorizo. Thousands of people retweeted the image and left comments on it because they trusted the veracity of an image shared by an accomplished scientist.

A CRAFTY French scientist has tricked people into believing a slice of chorizo sausage was a distant star snapped in space.Étienne Klein, 64, pulled.

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A French scientist has apologized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was an image of a distant star taken by the James Webb Space ...

After facing a backlash from members of the online community for the prank, he wrote: "In view of certain comments, I feel obliged to specify that this tweet showing an alleged picture of Proxima Centauri was a joke. It was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This level of detail... According to contemporary cosmology, no object related to Spanish charcuterie exists anywhere else other than on Earth"

Étienne Klein revealed a photo he tweeted was not from the James Webb Space Telescope. Instead, he said, he had posted an image of a slice of chorizo.

"I feel compelled to clarify that this tweet showing an alleged snapshot of Proxima Centauri was a form of amusement. A few days after his post, Klein revealed the photo he tweeted was not from the world’s most powerful space telescope. It was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This level of detail...

The French scientist Etienne Klein apologized on Twitter for a hoax in which he passed off a slice of chorizo as a picture of the star Proxima Centauri, ...

He took it with a lot of humor, Étienne Klein told AFP. Photo of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun, located 4.2 light-years from us. I was surprised by how widespread it got: I thought the image would be immediately detected as fake. It was taken by the JWST. This level of detail... It simply wanted to encourage caution with regard to images that seem eloquent by themselves, tweeted Wednesday Etienne Klein, physicist and philosopher of science. On Sunday, the French scientist had published a photo of a slice of chorizo (Spanish sausage) on a black background, claiming that it was an image of the closest star to the Sun, taken with the brand new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

A French scientist apologized for a joke he posted on Twitter, in which he claimed a photo of a chorizo was that of a star. Etienne Klein, who is the ...

In The Know On Wednesday, Klein posted a real image of a few galaxies located 500 million light years away that the telescope took. In The Know

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 ...

"When seeing certain comments, I feel an obligation to specify the tweet showing an alleged snapshot of Proxima Centauri was a form of amusement. Thankfully, there are plenty of actual photos from the James Webb Space Telescope, which was successfully deployed on January 24. The tweet was reported in several major publications worldwide and continues to circulate online. "Well, when it’s time for the aperitif, cognitive biases seem to have a field day, so watch out for them," Klein tweeted. It was taken by the [James Webb Space Telescope]. This level of detail…a new world is revealed day after day." The photo was gorgeous and quickly amassed thousands of likes.

A renowned French physicist has issued an apology on Twitter after sharing a photo of a nearby star, which turned out to be sliced chorizo.

Or did Klein just try and save face using the “it was just a prank, bro” defence? The original tweet did not seem to have a humorous tone. You should have clarified that it was humour in the same message,” wrote one follower. “The only way not to fall into the manipulation of ill-intentioned people is to trust scientists. “In view of some comments, I feel compelled to clarify that this tweet showing an alleged snapshot of Proxima Centauri was a form of amusement. A new world is revealed day after day.”