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A Gamma-ray Burst Disturbed the Earth's Ionosphere


You'd think that something happening billions of light-years away wouldn't affect Earth, right? Well, in 2002, a burst of gamma rays lasting 800 seconds actually impacted our planet. They came from a powerful and very distant supernova explosion.

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