Did a gamma-ray burst devastate life on Earth?

Eurekalert ^ | 9/24/03 | Jeff Hecht

[coloradan]

If the ice record at either pole goes back that far, there ought to be a layer of nitric acid ice in there somewhere.

[TomB]

It sounds like one of Hubbard's images.

Nah, too plausible.

Elron is more, uh, shall we say, "creative".

[Consort]

We got them now! It would have been impossible for life on Earth to be devastated 443 million years ago by gamma rays because gamma rays weren't discovered until 1900 by Paul Villard.

[Psycho_Bunny]

[TADSLOS]

[Old Professer]

Personally, I think the fact that the Trilobites couldn't get along with their neighbors ought to be studied in some greater depth.

[frithguild]

27For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

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You've heard of the main event? This is the keyword for the Charlemagne event:

• Did a gamma-ray burst devastate life on Earth? [2003]
• Mysterious radiation burst recorded in tree rings [2012]
• Sky 'Crucifix' in Ancient Text May Be Mystery-Solving Supernova [2012]
• Researcher points to Sun as likely source of eighth-century 'Charlemagne event' [2012]
• Did An 8th Century Gamma Ray Burst Irradiate Earth? [2013]
• Solar proton event seen in paleo records (Carbon 14 in Tree Rings) [2013]
• Over A Thousand Years Ago, The Sun Exploded -- And Changed Life On Earth Forever [2015]

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