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Beams from brightest gamma ray burst ever seen were pointed directly at Earth (go.theregister.com)
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[–] solidstate@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am scared and glad that this was really really far away.

[–] AnAngryDumpster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

nothing scarier than seeing the words "gamma ray burst pointed directly at earth"

[–] solidstate@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, my thoughts exactly - that would never happen, right? Right?

[–] AnAngryDumpster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

one of our major extinction events may have been caused by a gamma-ray burst. Emphasis on may, we haven't arrived at certainty on that one.

[–] solidstate@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Makes me wonder how large the "cone" of such a burst can get and how often GRBs happen in absolute terms if this tiny target gets hit twice in only a couple of million years. Anyone an expert on this?

Also, I'll never sleep again.

[–] TheTrueLinuxDev@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Literally had me checking my geiger counter when I saw that headline.