how do you know??? i haven't even fired the damn thing yet...
Posted on 04/24/2006 5:54:17 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Doomsayers and Chicken Little-types can now strike "deathray from a star" from their list of possible ways to die.
A new study finds that the chances of a gamma ray burst going off in our galaxy and destroying life on Earth are comfortingly close to zero.
Gamma ray bursts, or GRBs, are focused beams of gamma radiation emitted from the magnetic poles of black holes formed during the collapse of ancient, behemoth stars. They can also form when dead neutron stars merge with each other or with black holes.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
how do you know???
On my roof. Now I have to take it off because we are out of danger.
Ka-pow! ping.
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