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solidstate ( @solidstate@feddit.de ) English8•1 year agoI am scared and glad that this was really really far away.
AnAngryDumpster ( @AnAngryDumpster@lemmy.world ) English9•1 year agonothing scarier than seeing the words “gamma ray burst pointed directly at earth”
solidstate ( @solidstate@feddit.de ) English3•1 year agoYes, my thoughts exactly - that would never happen, right? Right?
AnAngryDumpster ( @AnAngryDumpster@lemmy.world ) English4•1 year agoone 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 ( @solidstate@feddit.de ) English3•1 year agoMakes 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 ( @TheTrueLinuxDev@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year agoLiterally had me checking my geiger counter when I saw that headline.
nhgeek ( @nhgeek@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year agoSo cool