# Moore 2025: A 12,800-year-old layer with cometary dust, microspherules, and platinum anomaly recorded in multiple cores from Baffin Bay (retracted)

> Christopher R. Moore, Vladimir A. Tselmovich, Malcolm A. LeCompte et al., 2025. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. One of the two retracted…

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# A 12,800-year-old layer with cometary dust, microspherules, and platinum anomaly recorded in multiple cores from Baffin Bay (retracted)

Christopher R. Moore, Vladimir A. Tselmovich, Malcolm A. LeCompte et al., 2025. _PLOS One 20(8), e0328347_.

Reported platinum, microspherules and material identified as cometary dust in four marine cores from Baffin Bay, dated by radiocarbon on foraminifera to the Younger Dryas onset. Published 6 August 2025; retracted 11 February 2026.

**Younger Dryas impact hypothesis** Articledoi: **[10.1371/journal.pone.0328347](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328347)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

One of the two retracted papers; the claims and what they rested on.

## The document 45 pages

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## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Comet Research Group supporting information on Zenodo (2023–2026)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D51XVBY6TAP/comet-research-group-supporting-information-on-zenodo)

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[PLOS One publishes the Baffin Bay paper](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact/events/EVT0D51X7BA73Z9/plos-one-publishes-the-baffin-bay-paper)

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[The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Moore, C. R., Tselmovich, V. A., LeCompte, M. A., West, A., Culver, S. J., Mallinson, D. J., & and others (2025). A 12,800-year-old layer with cometary dust, microspherules, and platinum anomaly recorded in multiple cores from Baffin Bay (retracted). PLOS One 20(8), e0328347. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328347
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