A famous scientist apologizes: “The star closest to the sun” is nothing but a slice of sausage
The French scientist Etienne Klein apologized on Twitter for a deceptive image he posted on the Internet and claimed that it was of the star "Proxima Centauri", when in fact it was a slice of chorizo sausage, explaining that his joke was aimed at "inciting caution" regarding the images circulating on the networks. Social.
In a tweet posted by Klein, the physicist and philosopher of science wrote, "I apologize to those who may have shocked my totally incorrect joke."
He added that he simply wanted to "inspire caution with regard to images that seem spontaneously convincing."
Last Sunday, the French scientist published a picture of a slice of Spanish chorizo sausage on a black background, claiming that it was a picture of the closest star to the sun taken by the new "James Webb" space telescope.
Klein attached the photo with a comment that said: “This is a picture of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun, located 4.2 light-years away from us.
It was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.
This level of detail...a new world is unfolding every day.”
In the last hours, social networks circulated heavily, the tweet of Klein (64 years), who is the director of research at the Atomic Energy Commission.
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