The head of the French Atomic Energy Commission, Etienne Klein, put a picture of Proxima Centauri on his website. He later admitted that it was Spanish food, which made people upset.
Etienne Klein's Twitter Hoax Lead to Many Dislike
Etienne Klein, a French Atomic Energy Commission director, allegedly shared an image on his website depicting Proxima Centauri. This star is located in the neighborhood of our sun.
In a tweet he sent out on Monday to more than 90,000 of his followers, he expressed his excitement by saying, "This degree of detail a new universe is unveiled every day."
Photo de Proxima du Centaure, l’étoile la plus proche du Soleil, située à 4,2 année-lumière de nous.
— Etienne KLEIN (@EtienneKlein) July 31, 2022
Elle a été prise par le JWST.
Ce niveau de détails… Un nouveau monde se dévoile jour après jour. pic.twitter.com/88UBbHDQ7Z
Professor Klein, on the other hand, has gone clean and said that the brilliant celestial body shown was really just a bit of Spanish chorizo sausage.
Klein said he was sorry for what he termed a joke by a scientist, and then he made it clear that his aim was to warn people not to listen to arguments from those in positions of authority.
He said on Twitter, "I come to present my apologies to those who may have been shocked by my prank, which had nothing original about it."
A number of people on Twitter expressed their disapproval of the hoax at a time when scientists often have to defend themselves against misleading representations in the media.
Twitter user @alexis200m remarked, "Coming from a scientific research director, it's quite inappropriate to share this type of thing," saying that sharing such information was inappropriate.
Later on, to reclaim his position as the authority on scientific matters, Mr. Etienne shared a photograph of the infamous Cartwheel Galaxy with his followers, reassuring them that the shot was authentic this time.
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Webb's Infrared Camera captured the Cartwheel and Two Smaller Galaxies
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new facts about star creation and the galaxy's central black hole. Webb's infrared sight acquired this picture of the Cartwheel and two smaller partner galaxies. This graphic shows the Cartwheel Galaxy spanning billions of years.
The Cartwheel Galaxy in the Sculptor constellation is unusual. Its wheel-like form results from a high-speed collision between a massive spiral galaxy and a smaller galaxy not seen in this view. The Cartwheel is no exception; galactic collisions produce a cascade of lesser events.
The galaxy was formed and organized by the collision. Cartwheel Galaxy features an outside ring of color and an inner circle of brilliance, and these two rings spread outward from the collision's center like waves in a pond. This is a "ring galaxy," a less frequent form than spiral galaxies like our Milky Way.
The bright core includes hot dust and giant young star clusters. Star formation and supernovas have dominated the outer ring for 440 million years. This ring's expansion stimulates star formation by crashing into surrounding gas.
The telescope's observances show that Cartwheel is in transition. Before the collision, the galaxy was likely a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. Webb offers an overview of the Cartwheel's present status and reveals its history and future.
James Webb Space Telescope is the primary space observatory. Webb will explore our solar system, distant planets orbiting other stars, and the origins and structure of our cosmos. Webb is a NASA, ESA, and CSA initiative.
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