Physicist trolls James Webb Space Telescope fans with a photo of a chorizo sausage

With its captivating images of far-flung galaxies, it's safe to say the James Webb Space Telescope has captured the imagination of the world over. It was also recently the subject of a not-so-charming prank. On July 31st, Étienne Klein, the director of France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, shared an image he claimed the JWST captured of Proxima Centauri, the nearest-known star to the sun. "It was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope," Klein told his more than 91,000 Twi...