Cosmic Mysteries Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-26 · 5 entries checked · 2 flagged · 4 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 2 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Dark matter — The entry states dark matter is 'implied by gravitational effects that cannot be explained by general relativity unless more matter is present than can be observed.' This is misleading: dark matter is inferred from gravitational effects that cannot be explaine

Dark matter — The entry says Zwicky 'considered it non-luminous ordinary matter.' This is inaccurate: Zwicky proposed that the missing mass in galaxy clusters could be 'dunkle Materie' (dark matter), but he did not specifically conclude it was non-luminous ordinary matter;

Tabby's Star — The nickname 'WTF Star' comes from the discovery paper's subtitle 'where's the flux?' is incorrect; the paper's title was 'Where's the Flux?' and the nickname 'WTF' stands for 'Where's The Flux?' but is often jokingly expanded to other phrases, not directly fr

Tabby's Star — [hero audit] hero image does not depict the subject: MISMATCH The image depicts a star with a large, cracked planet and a swarm of asteroids, which is not Tabby’s Star (KIC 8462025). Tabby’s Star is a r

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