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Controversial comet theory struck by two new retractions
Taylor Mitchell Brown, 2026. Retraction Watch.
Report of 4 March 2026 on the two PLOS One retractions: the concerns raised on PubPeer by Mark Boslough and others (23 comments on the Baffin Bay paper between August and December 2025), co-author Marc Young's acknowledgement of at least 43 incorrect references and a since-deleted comment attributing them to AI-formatted citations, and lead author Christopher Moore's statement that the group remains confident in its data and regards the issue as procedural.
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Brown, T. M. (2026). Controversial comet theory struck by two new retractions. Retraction Watch. https://retractionwatch.com/2026/03/04/controversial-comet-theory-struck-by-two-new-retractions
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