A French scientist fooled people on social media by making them think that he had?published the latest image from the powerful James Webb space telescope.?
World-renowned scientist named?Etienne Klein gained everyone's attention when he apparently posted a photo of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our sun. The picture got a lot of attention from space and star enthusiasts.?
He shared the photo on Twitter a few days back and wrote, "A new world is revealed day after day."
But when people started getting a little too interested in this picture, the scientist?admitted that the image was of a slice of Spanish chorizo sausage. "I come to present my apologies to those whom my hoax, which had nothing original about it, may have shocked. He simply wanted to urge caution with images that seem eloquent on their own," he tweeted.
In another tweet, Klein wrote, "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. Let us learn to be wary of arguments from authority as much as of the spontaneous eloquence of certain images."?
Many people on the internet found this hilarious and had their own take on it. Many sent a lot of hilarious images as well. One user wrote, "I know there¡¯s a lot going on, but have we talked enough about how that scientist faked a photo of ¡°a distant star¡± but it was a slice of chorizo?"
A lot of people showed their disappointment in Klein's tweet too saying that it wasn't very professional of him to do so. One user said,?¡°This is disgraceful conduct. The public¡¯s trust in scientists is at an all-time low (e.g. antivax and anti-mask groups) and you¡¯re pulling stunts like this that further undermine the works of scientists as a whole.¡±
However,?the renowned scientist tried to win over the internet by sharing a real photo of the Chariot Wheel galaxy taken by James Webb Space Telescope. He wrote along, "Photo (REAL this time¡) of the Chariot Wheel galaxy and its companion galaxies, taken by the JWST. Located 500 million light-years away, it was undoubtedly spiral in its past, but took on this strange appearance following a furious galactic pile-up."
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