Dated before the data

Prediction that dark energy is not a cosmological constant but evolves, derived from the COSMIC Framework's information substrate model. The values later attached to it (w₀ ≈ −0.95, wₐ ≈ −0.3) lie outside DESI's measured range. DESI DR1 (April 2024) favored evolving dark energy at up to 3.9σ, and DR2 (March 2025) strengthened the preference.

Prediction that quantum error correction, run below the fault-tolerance threshold, suppresses logical errors exponentially, with error rates halving at each step, derived from the COSMIC Framework's model of information substrate coherence. Google Quantum AI's Willow chip, announced in December 2024, cut errors by a factor of about 2.14 per step.

Prediction that the COSMIC Framework's information substrate model implies accelerated structure formation in the early universe, producing galaxy masses and morphologies at z > 10 that exceed ΛCDM predictions. Consistent with JWST observations of unexpectedly bright, massive and mature early galaxies.

Prediction that early-universe clusters carry enhanced thermodynamic energy from elevated information density: hotter gas, more energetic particle interactions and accelerated star formation. ALMA observations of SPT2349-56 at z = 4.3, published in Nature in January 2026, found intracluster gas at least five times hotter than standard models predict, at an epoch where standard models expect the intracluster medium to be still assembling.

Pre-registered prediction (COSMIC-005) that the dark energy evolution DESI reported in DR1 and DR2 persists and strengthens in the five-year analysis, with the best fit in the quadrant w₀ > −1, wₐ < 0. No specific parameter values are claimed. DESI completed its planned five-year survey on April 15, 2026, and has been approved to continue to 2028. DR3 analysis is ongoing. It will be scored against DR3 by the decision rule fixed in the COSMIC-005 record.