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Gamma Rays have been detected from a nova (not to be confused with a supernova) for the first time, something that has surprised scientists. I’m guessing that unlike supernovae, we are unable to tell if …
Arthur C Clarke: Beware of Gamma Ray Bursts
In June 2000, shortly after being knighted, Arthur C Clarke said:
“Some of the greatest threats to mankind’s future, are global warming, pollution, gamma ray bursts and the threat of an asteroid hitting the earth.
…Gamma ray …
Great Example of a Gamma Ray Burst’s power
7.5 billion years ago, 7.5 billion light years from us, a star exploded.
The light from this gamma ray burst took until last month to be reach Earth. For a couple of hours this explosion was …
Wolf-Rayet star aimed right at us!
The spinning wheel is generated by two massive stars, 8000 light years away, circling each other every eight months. Gigantic clouds of gas streaming off the stars are being stretched by the stellar dance into …
Gamma Ray Burst from Nowhere!
The current theory holds that that gamma ray bursts like GRB 070125 are given off by super-jumbo-sized stars that run out of fuel and violently collapse to form black holes, explains Neil Gehrels, principal investigator …
Beware – gamma-ray bursts could fry us!
In the new research, Douglas Galante and Jorge Ernesto Horvath of the University of São Paolo, Brazil, argued that gamma-ray bursts could shine their lethal effects across a whole galaxy, and damage life over greater …
