Distant Sun or Sausage? Hint: Somebody is a liar

[Pauly]

Translation: "Picture of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun, located 4.2 light years away from us. It was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This level of detail... A new world is unveiled everyday"
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Top scientist admits 'space telescope image' was actually a slice of chorizo

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/05/europe/scientist-space-image-chorizo-intl-scli-scn/index.html

[rhd]

Yeah, it looks like what it is. Cant imagine that real astronomers were fooled by this.