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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-28 · 5 entries checked · 3 flagged · 6 issues confirmed · 3 corrected · 3 still open
Cosmic inflation — Guth first proposed inflation in 1980, not 1979.
Cosmic inflation — The 2012 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to Alan Guth, Andrei Linde, and others (including Michael Turner and the WMAP team), not exclusively to Guth and Linde.
Crab Nebula — The entry states the supernova was observed on 4 July 1054 without noting the calendar discrepancy (Julian vs Gregorian), which is a factual inaccuracy about the date.
Crab Nebula — The entry claims William Parsons observed and drew the nebula in 1844 using a 36-inch telescope, but the famous drawing that gave it the name 'Crab' was made in 1848 using a 72-inch telescope; the entry conflates the two observations.
Dark nebula — The statement 'visibility=Visible only using radio waves or infrared light; some naked-eye examples exist' is contradictory and factually incorrect: dark nebulae are visible to the naked eye as dark patches (e.g., Coalsack), so they are not 'visible only using
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