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It wouldn't be quick, and it would be ugly, as explained in... https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090403-gamma-ray-extinction.html https://news.n
by bugs_bunny 9y ago
It wouldn't be quick, and it would be ugly, as explained in...
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090403-gamma-ray-extinction.html https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090403-gamm...
and
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/how-deadly-would-a-nearby-gamma-ray-burst-be/ https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/how-deadly-would-a-nearby...
BUT, such events are (apparently) every billion years or so...
- danielbarla 9y agoI think that on average, there's a GRB close enough to us to matter once every billion years or so. However, it'd still need to be aligned perfectly to hit us, making the actual extinction event far less likely.