Space exploration – Are the colorful images of the James Webb telescope, just an illusion?

– The colorful images of the James Webb telescope, just an illusion?

The space telescope amazes the world with its fantastic shots in sparkling colors. However, it does not perceive visible light. Explanations.

Norbert Lossau “The World”

Posted today at 10:30 a.m.

Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun, about 4 light years away from Earth? No. A slice of chorizo!

DR

In early August, French physicist and philosopher of science Etienne Klein tweeted an image of a round, fiery red object with white flares, against a perfectly black background, portraying it as a shot from the James Webb Space Telescope. He claimed that this 10 billion euro research instrument had captured Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun, about 4 light years distant from Earth.