Widely panned arsenic life paper gets retracted-15 years after brouhaha
In 2025, Science retracts the GFAJ-1 study after criticism about flawed data, with editors noting the study's conclusions were based on improper purification of genetic material.
Science' retracts controversial study on mysterious microbe, 15 years later
NASA's study claimed the discovery of GFAJ-1, an arsenic-based life form, but was met with skepticism and ultimately retracted by the journal Science due to ongoing controversy.