Amazing 'space telescope image' was actually a slice of chorizo - New York Post

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.

It was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope,” a translation of the tweet read.

He later tweeted a picture of the Chariot Wheel galaxy, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, assuring followers it was “real” this time.

Images from the James Webb Space Telescope went viral in July when the first images were released to the public in July, providing a never-before-seen images of the universe and its countless galaxies