These are science’s Top 10 erroneous results

Mistakes from the past demonstrate the reliability of science

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supernova 1987A

Astronomers viewing supernova 1987A, pictured here, thought they saw a signal from a rapidly spinning neutron star too bizarre to comprehend. But the signal turned out to come from a quirk in the electronics of a camera used to aim the telescope.

NASA

To err is human, which is really not a very good excuse.