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The brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded rattled Earth's atmosphere

Posted by space_cowboy
Tags: astronomy, earth, gamma ray burst, atmosphere, supernovas, grb 221009a, telescopes, fermi gamma ray space telescope, observatories, neil gehrels swift observatory, physics.astro, milky way, author.phil plait, source.scientificamerican, paywall
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brightest-gamma-ray-burst-ever-recorded-rattled-earths-atmosphere/

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Phil Plait
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Jan 1 2023
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      triadderall_triangle
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      Its just so crazy how when the sun eventually goes kaput, its deferred for us and happens randomly at some point where everything will just be simultaneously screwe Edit: buh bye solar flares tho....

      Its just so crazy how when the sun eventually goes kaput, its deferred for us and happens randomly at some point where everything will just be simultaneously screwe

      Edit: buh bye solar flares tho. That's mitigating somewhat 💀

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        Oh don't worry, it will have inflated to be big enough to swallow the Earth entirely by then.

        Oh don't worry, it will have inflated to be big enough to swallow the Earth entirely by then.

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